Single-manual harpsichord.

Ignazio Mucciardi
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Instrument

Harpsichord

Instrument Family

Keyboard

Maker

Ignazio Mucciardi

Place Made

Europe; Italy; Naples; Southern Europe

Date Made

Circa 1775

Description

Technical description: Single-manual Italian harpsichord. Integral case construction. Compass 58 notes, G₁,A₁ - F₆ [GG,AA - f''']. Two registers, 2 × 8-ft. Repair History: The modern painted decoration was stated by Michael Thomas to be a copy of the original.

Notes

Rodger Mirrey; Sheila Barnes, 2007. Attributed by comparison with an instrument of 1780 by Mucciardi now in Rome by G. Grant O'Brien.

Measurements

2310.; Instrument: 23.5cm tall, 228.6cm long, 101.6cm wide at keyboard end.

Provenance

Bought by donor from Michael Thomas in the early 1960s; previously in Italy.; Gift of Rodger and Lynne Mirrey, 2005.

Collection

MIMEd; Rodger Mirrey Collection

Accession Number

4474

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