CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014
Conductor
Musicologist
Keyboard player
Catalogue of the former Christopher Hogwood Instrument Collection

Spinet

Maker Thomas Hancock
Manufactured London, 1732
Description Bentside spinet with mitred tail. Walnut veneered casework with stringing and crossbanding (in ash?) on the interior. Solid walnut lid. Raised on a turned trestle stand.
Inscriptions Thomas Hancock London in ink on name batten, and 1732 on the FF keylever (reproduced on new lever).
Specification One 8', strung in brass.
Pitch A=415
Compass GG–g3
References
Boalch3 number: HANCOCK, T. 1723(A) (confused entry, some of which refers to this instrument).
Restoration 1978 Chris Nobbs
1983 Chris Nobbs