Double-manual harpsichord

Luigi Baillon
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Instrument

Harpsichord

Instrument Family

Keyboard

Maker

Luigi Baillon

Date Made

1755

Description

Technical description: Double-manual French harpsichord. Compass 61 notes F₁ - F₆ [FF - f''']. Three sets of strings 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft, non-original lute. Coupler and non-original buff stop. 7-cabriole-leg stand has a concealed tool drawer in the cheek-side. Signature/Marks: Inscribed on upper side of baseboard "fait par Luigi Bai[llon] organiste et fateure a Citeux l'anne 1755"; stamped on the 4-ft nut "REFAIT PAR LOUIS TOMASINI EN 1895"; written in ink on the top key of the upper manual "Compass altered to D-D Tomasini 1899 / Restored to F-F John Barnes 1963". Decoration: The outer case is elaborately decorated with chinoiserie scenes, there is a seascape in the lid depicting Venus and Neptune. Stand, mouldings and bridge painted gold. Repair History: Lute and buff stops added by Tomasini (?). The instrument was extensively altered by Tomasini in the nineteenth century, some of which alterations were reversed by John Barnes in 1963.

Notes

Rodger Mirrey; Sheila Barnes, 2007.

Measurements

2540.

Provenance

bought by donor from Morley, 1963-4.; Gift of Rodger and Lynne Mirrey, 2005.

Collection

Rodger Mirrey Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

4478

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