Clavichord

Date1804

Place MadeGoettingen, Germany, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedLabel on soundboard (in ornate cartouche): Sorte 1. N. 364 / Verfertiget / von / Ioh: Paul
Kraemer und S"hne / Instrumentenmacher / in / Gottingen / im Julÿ 1804.
MarkingsLabel on soundboard:
Hernn Kommerzienrat
DR. ING. PAUL REUSCH
GENERALDIREKTOR DER GUTE HOFFNUNGSHÜTTE
IN VEREHRUNG und DANKBARKEIT
GEWIDMET:
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM
DescriptionUnfretted clavichord.
Compass:FF-a3

FF-A triple-strung (2 x 8' and 1 x 4')
B-a3 double-strung (2 x 8')
Scaling: c2= 10 ⅛” (25.75 cm)

Naturals of ebony, sharps of hardwood stained black and covered with ivory slips.
Keyfronts of embossed paper with floral design.
DimensionsLength of case: 67¼” (170.75 cm)
Width of case: 21½” (54.5 cm)
Depth of case: 7¼” (18.5 cm)
Height from floor to top of lid: 29” (73.75 cm)
ProvenanceIn the 19th century the clavichord was part of the collection of Karl Haake, piano maker of Hannover, Germany. Before 1910 (?) it was owned by Prof. C. Matschoss (later, Director of the Deutsches Museum, Munich). On October 24, 1910, it was purchased by von Miller, along with the remainder of the Haake Collection, from Matschoss. The clavichord was given Deutsches Museum inventory no. 25901.

October 30, 1924. The clavichord was deaccessioned by the Deutsches Museum and was presented to Dr. Ing. Paul Reusch for his participation in the building of the Deutsches Museum.

Subsequently the clavichord was in the care of the Schlossgutes Katharinenhof, Station Oppenweiler, Württemberg. It was later privately owned for some time by a party in Göttingen and was on loan to the Unversity Museum in Göttingen until 1983 when it was purchased by the NMM from Bernhard von Hünerbein, Cologne, West Germany.
Published References"1983 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (June 1984), p. 5.

Banks, Margaret Downie. “Krämer, Johann Paul (1743-1819),” _The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Encyclopedia_. Igor Kipnis, Ed. (New York: Routledge) p. 298, photo p. 205.

"Bernard Brauchli of Boston Practices," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (June 1988), p. 15.

Boalch, Donald H. _Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840_. Third edition, edited by Charles Mould (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995), p. 465.

"Clavichord Debuts," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XV, No. 4 (July 1988), p. 3.

"Important Acquisitions of 1983 Await New Galleries," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. XI, No. 2 (January 1984), pp. 1-2.

Kuronen, Darcy. "Keyboard Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, Vol. VI, No. 1 (October 1991), pp. 7 & 9.

Larson, André P. _The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir_. Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988, p. 44.

Credit LineRawlins Fund, 1983

Object number03335

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