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Claviorganum by Willenbrock, H

Maker:

Willenbrock, H

Number of manuals:

Two

Year:

1712

Museum:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Range

1700-1750

Current Location: 

North America

Material:

Painter:

Pedals:

Catalogue Number:

BMO-2054

Origin:

Germany

Type:

Claviorganum

Technical description: Two-manual harpsichord on replacement stand supporting one rank of wood pipes immediately below harpsichord and bellows across stretchers below; C (no. C#)-c3, 2x8' & 1x4' harpsichord registers and coupler; pinblock, nuts, pins, guides, jacks, ribs, bottom new in 1939 (former piano action removed); case exterior decorated with perhaps Dutch chinoiserie, lid interior shows oil landscape with Schulenberg Castle. This example by Herman Willenbrock is the only known instrument from this North German maker and includes both a harpsichord and organ (only the harpsichord is shown). The organ is played from the lower keyboard manual

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