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Clavichord
Date: 1780 ca.
Place Made:Sweden, Europe
Serial No: none
DescriptionThis unsigned fretted clavichord was probably made ca. 1780. The Swedish school of clavichord making flourished from the late 1700s well into the early 1800s. Typical of Swedish clavichords, the grain of the soundboard is diagonal. Clavichords are now considered national treasures in Sweden.
C-f3 (4+ octaves). Double-strung (2 x 8’)
C-f3 (4+ octaves). Double-strung (2 x 8’)
Dimensions1575 mm x 455 mm x 152 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Purchase funds gift of Burke-Bank West, 1997
Not on view
Published References"Recent Acquisitions," America’s National Music Museum Newsletter 25, No. 3 (May 1998), pp. 6-7.
John Koster, “I've Got a Little List . . . List Gets Shorter as Rare Swedish Clavichord is Found!,” America’s National Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 4 (November 2000), pp. 1-2.
Gregory Crowell, “Two Eighteenth-Century Swedish Clavichords in American Collections,” in Thomas Donahue, ed., Essays in Honor of Christopher Hogwood: The Maestro’s Direction (Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2011), pp. 181-196.
John Koster, “I've Got a Little List . . . List Gets Shorter as Rare Swedish Clavichord is Found!,” America’s National Music Museum Newsletter 27, No. 4 (November 2000), pp. 1-2.
Gregory Crowell, “Two Eighteenth-Century Swedish Clavichords in American Collections,” in Thomas Donahue, ed., Essays in Honor of Christopher Hogwood: The Maestro’s Direction (Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2011), pp. 181-196.
Object number: 06105