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Harpsichord
Maker: Thomas and Barbara Wolf
Date: 1994
Place Made:The Plains, Virginia, United States, North America
Model: Copy of Jacques Germain, 1785
Serial No: 85
SignedPainted around rose which includes an angel and the letters, TW: BARBARA AND / THOMAS WOLF
DescriptionDouble-manual harpsichord after Museum’s 1785 Jacques Germain #3327.
Compass FF-f'''
Transposing keyboard (A=415 & 440)
2 x 8’, 1x4’, coupler, buff, trestle stand, plastic jacks
Soundboard painting by Sheridan Germann, Boston, “freely” copied- not a “fascimilie”
of the original!
Exterior is black with gold bands and moldings
Vermillion soundboard surrounds, keywell, and lid interior.
Ebonized finish in trestle stand
No peau de buffle stop
Three hand stops, shove coupler
Compass FF-f'''
Transposing keyboard (A=415 & 440)
2 x 8’, 1x4’, coupler, buff, trestle stand, plastic jacks
Soundboard painting by Sheridan Germann, Boston, “freely” copied- not a “fascimilie”
of the original!
Exterior is black with gold bands and moldings
Vermillion soundboard surrounds, keywell, and lid interior.
Ebonized finish in trestle stand
No peau de buffle stop
Three hand stops, shove coupler
Credit Line: Purchase funds gift of Stella Anker, Margarie Townsley Rawlins, Margaret Ann Everist, and Clifford Graese, 1994
Not on view
Object number: 05779