Clavichords
| Maker | Johann Adolph Hass |
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| Manufactured | Hamburg, 1761 | |
| Description | Unfretted German clavichord with Chinoiserie case on later stand. | |
| Inscription | J.A Hass / Hambr Anno 1761 on soundboard. | |
| Specification | Bichord brass stringing with octave strings from FF to c. | |
| Pitch | A=392 | |
| Compass | FF-f3 | |
| References |
Boalch3 number: HASS, J. A. 1761(4)
Boalch2 number: 17
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| Restoration | 1980-81 Christoper Clarke (full restoration); Mac and Me (decoration) 1999 Miles Hellon (new strings and listing) | |
| Maker | Johann Heinrich Gräbner (the younger) |
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| Manufactured | Dresden, 1761 | |
| Description | Small fretted travelling clavichord in oak case, with full width drawer below bottom-boards. | |
| Inscription | Johann Heinrich / Gräbner / Dresden 1761 Num 100 on underside of soundboard. | |
| Specification | Formerly strung as a quint instrument in bichord brass stringing with open wound strings in bass, recently restrung in iron and brass as an octave instrument; fretted from c, with d and a unfretted in each octave. | |
| Pitch | A=415 | |
| Compass | C-e3 | |
| References |
Boalch3 number: GRÄBNER, J. H. 1761.
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| Restoration | 1982 Chris Nobbs | |
| Maker | Johann Gottlob Horn | |
| Manufactured | Dresden, 1789 | |
| Description | Eighteenth-century Saxon clavichord on stand with later internal cover and music desk added. | |
| Inscription | Nom 321. / Johann Gottlob Horn. / Instrumentmacher. / in Dresden 1789. | |
| Compass | FF-g3 | |
| Restoration | In progress: Chris Nobbs | |
| Maker | Johann Jacob Bodechtel |
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| Manufactured | Nürnberg, 1790s | |
| Description | Fretted German clavichord without stand. | |
| Inscription | Johann Jacob Bodechtel / Orgel und instrumenten macher / in Nürnberg in ink on paper label on bass hitchrail. | |
| Specification | Bichord brass stringing with open-wound strings in bass. Fretting, starting at d#/e, has unfretted d’s and a’s except for d3/d#3. | |
| Pitch | A=415 | |
| Compass | C-f3 | |
| References |
Boalch3 number: BODECHTEL, J. J. 1750 [sic]
Boalch2 number: 1.
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| Copies | Copied (and expanded) by Peter Bavington as a 'Bavdechtel'. | |
| Maker | Johann David Schiedmayer |
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| Manufactured | Erlangen, 1791 | |
| Description | Unfretted German clavichord in oak case with frame-and-panel lid on four turned and fluted legs. | |
| Inscription | Johann David Schiedmayer / Hochfûrstlish Anspachischer / Hof-instrumentenmacher / in Erlangen 1791 on printed paper label on bass hitchrail. | |
| Specification | Bichord iron and brass strings on divided bridge, with open wound strings in bass. | |
| Pitch | A=430 | |
| Compass | FF-g3 | |
| Restoration | 1999-2000 Peter Bavington (full restoration) | |
| Maker | Pehr Lindholm |
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| Manufactured | Stockholm, 1794 (1796) | |
| Description | Unfretted Swedish clavichord in painted case in a tray stand with four tapered legs. | |
| Inscription | Förfärdgadt af / PEHR LINDHOLM / Instrumentmakare / Stockholm / år 179. on printed paper label at rear right-hand corner of soundboard. | |
| Specification | Bichord iron and brass stringing, with octave strings from FF to c. | |
| Pitch | A=430 | |
| Compass | FF-c4 | |
| References |
Boalch3 number: LINDHOLM, P. 1796.
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| Restoration | 2001-2002 Peter Bavington (restoration); Alan & Ann Smith, Brentford (decoration) 2002 Huw Saunders (music desk in Cuban mahogany) | |
| Maker | Chickering / Arnold Dolmetsch |
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| Manufactured | Boston, 1909 | |
| Description | Free copy of a five octave unfretted north German clavichord based on an instrument by Christian Gotthelf Hoffmann, Ronneburg, 1784. In dark green case with vermilion interior and raised on a turned trestle stand. | |
| Inscriptions | CHICKERING -&- SONS - BOSTON - VSA - MCMIX No 51. on nameboard, Made-by-Chickering-&-Sons-under-the-direction-of-Arnold-Dolmetsch Boston MCMIX No51 on the hitchplank, and PLUS FAIT DOUCEUR QUE VIOLENCE (“Gentleness does more than violence”, La Fontaine, Fables, VI/3) on the inside of the lid. | |
| Specification | Two gilt metal roses in soundboard. Large cast hinges of English harpsichord type. Unfretted and brass strung with covered strings in the bass. | |
| Pitch | A=440 | |
| Compass | FF–f3 | |
| References | Original in the Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, No. 4945.60
(Boalch3 number: Hoffmann, C. G. 1784 (1))
Richard Troeger, 'The Dolmetsch/Chickering Clavichords and their model',
De Clavicordio, II (1995).
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| Maker | Arnold Dolmetsch |
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| Manufactured | Haslemere, 1922 | |
| Description | Small clavichord in walnut casework on trestle stand with soundboard decorated with flowers. Built for Violet Gordon Woodhouse. | |
| Inscriptions | ARNOLD DOLMETSCH ANNO MCMXXII on nameboard over keys, and PLUS FAIT DOUCEUR QUE VIOLENCE (“Gentleness does more than violence”, La Fontaine, Fables, VI/3) on the inside of the lid. | |
| Specification | Unfretted, bichord and strung in brass with close-wound bass strings. | |
| Pitch | A=440 | |
| Compass | C-d3 | |
| Maker | Arnold Dolmetsch | |
| Manufactured | Haslemere, 1929 | |
| Description | Small clavichord in walnut on a trestle stand. | |
| Inscriptions | ARNOLD DOLMETSCH ANNO MCMXXIX on the name batten over the keys, and PLUS FAIT DOUCEUR QUE VIOLENCE (“Gentleness does more than violence”, La Fontaine, Fables, VI/3) on the inside of the lid. | |
| Specification | Bichord stringing in brass with close-wound strings in the bass. | |
| Pitch | A=440 | |
| Compass | C-d3 | |
| Maker | Thomas Goff |
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| Manufactured | London, 1952 | |
| Description | Small unfretted clavichord. | |
| Inscription | T. R. C. G ET J. C. C. FECERUNT MCMLII on nameboard (Thomas R. C. Goff and Joseph C. Cobby). | |
| Specification | Burr walnut case, inlaid with monogram of C. Thornton Lofthouse (previous owner). Strung in brass with close wound strings in bass. | |
| Pitch | A=440 | |
| Compass | C-d3 | |
| Maker | Adlam Burnett |
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| Manufactured | Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, 1979 | |
| Description | Copy of an early 19th century fretted clavichord by Georg Fredrich Schmahl, Ulm, 1807, in an unpainted coniferous case. | |
| Inscription | Adlam Burnett / Musical Instrument Makers / Goudhurst. Ao 1979 No 58 on a replica of an engraved Schmahl label. | |
| Specification | Bichord iron and brass stringing; in the bass from C to c one string of each pair is at the octave and the other is an open wound unison string. Fretted in equal temperament from g, with notes a and d unfretted in each octave (e3 and f3 a fretted pair). | |
| Pitch | A=415 | |
| Compass | C-f3 | |
| References | Original in the Collection of Richard Burnett at Finchcocks
(Boalch3 number: SCHMAHL, G. F. 1807).
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