Single action pedal harp
Maker
Sebastien Erard
Date1800 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.348
SignedEngraved on brass plate for the mechanism, at the player’s right: Sebastian Erard,s - Patent) N,,o 348 / N,,o 18 Great Marlborough Street LONDONMarkingsnone
DescriptionSingle-action pedal harp with Erard’s patent fourchettes. Compass EEb to c4, 41 strings. Five oval holes in the back; evidently there was never a swell pedal. Grecian-style decoration of the earlier type with ram’s heads at the top of the column (rather than the caryatids used later); the column’s base, capital, and flutes are gilded, as is the base of the instrument. Rounded back of plain wood, painted dark tan with narrow black lines at the edges; the wooden surfaces of the neck painted similarly. A thin black line borders the soundboard.
Dimensionsin mm: Height (floor to top of column at its joint with the neck): 1710 Body: 362 wide at bottom of soundboard; 87 at top String lengths: c4 89 f3 138 c3 189 c2 338 c1 578 c 992 C1327 EEb1503
Credit LinePaul and Jean Christian Collection
Object number12635
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