Harpsichord
Maker
Thomas and Barbara Wolf
Date1994
Place MadeThe Plains, Virginia, United States, North America
ModelCopy of Jacques Germain, 1785
Serial No.85
SignedPainted around rose which includes an angel and the letters, TW: BARBARA AND / THOMAS WOLFDescriptionDouble-manual harpsichord after Museum’s 1785 Jacques Germain #3327.
Compass FF-fˈˈˈ
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 LinePurchase funds gift of Stella Anker, Margarie Townsley Rawlins, Margaret Ann Everist, and Clifford Graese, 1994
Object number05779
On View
Not on view
1625-1675 ca.