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Clavicytherium by Hake, H
Maker:
Hake, H
Number of manuals:
One
Year:
1657
Museum:
Scenkonst Museum
Date Range
1650-1700
Current Location:
Sweden
Material:
Painter:
Pedals:
Eighteen
Catalogue Number:
BMO611
Origin:
Latvia
Type:
Clavicytherium
The instrument is effectively an open framed harp, and at one stage the keyboard and action were removed in an attempt to make it into a proper harp. There are forty-five tuning pins, which VdM suggests indicates a compass of C/E–c3. Three roses of geometrical pattern. Painted exterior.
Riga was part of Sweden at the time the instrument was made
Foto : Sofi Sykfont
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