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Grecian Harp
Painted wooden Grecian style harp, with eight brass pedals, leather wrappings, five doors in the sound holes, double action fourchette mechanism on all but the top string, external linkage on lower mechanism, 43 strings E-E, bottom eight strings are wire wound, the rest gut. Brass action plates on each side of the neck. String pegs on all strings; ten are missing. Straight carved column; head of column decorated with gilded plaster in the form of Grecian angels and ferns, gilded ferns at base of column, back feet have gesso scallops and gilded. Griffins (winged dogs?) above front feet which are also scallop shaped (a replacement of the paws), mask and ferns on the front of the pedal box, all gilded. Soundboard unpainted. The rest of the harp is painted brown with gold geometrical highlights.
History note: Bought new from Erard by Miss Goddard, Cliff House, Nr. Marlborough in August 1826. Repaired by Morley/Erard for J. Armstrong, Esq. 23.10.1919. Purchased by Mrs. Chadwick from J.S. Morley in 1937.
Given by Mrs. Norah K. Chadwick
Method of acquisition: Given (1941) by Chadwick, Norah, K., Mrs
Production date: AD 1802
To Top Of Column
Height 171 cm
Sound Board
Width 37 cm
Shoulder To Column
Width 77 cm
Inscription present: label
Accession number: M.9-1941
Primary reference Number: 77348
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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