Description :

• Technical description: Double-manual harpsichord. Compass 60 notes F1,G1 - F6 [FF,GG - f''']. Three sets of strings, 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft. Lute (proximal 8-ft), Buff (distal 8-ft). The machine stop uses two pedals as an alternative to handstops. Rose bears the initials "IK" for Jacob Kirckman. String lengths (plucking points): F6 143 (63), C6 182 (67), F5 263 (77), C5 350 (83), F4 521 (96), C4 693 (107), F3 980 (125), C3 1184 (137), F2 1488 (156), C2 1684 (171), F1 1825 (189). Repair History: Machine stop added later. Restored by J.J.K. Rhodes and W.R. Thomas in 1953; later work by John Barnes; repair to keyboards, re-stringing and revoicing by John Raymond, 2004.

Inscriptions :

Signature written in pen and ink on the name batten "Jacobus Kirkman Fecit Londini 1773" (false). in pencil under the soundboard "Robert Falkener London Fecit 1773 September".

Measurements :

2402.

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