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A GEORGE III TWO-MANUAL MAHOGANY, FEATHERBANDED AND SATINWOOD HARPSICHORD

Starting price
£ 20 000
Auction dateClassic
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 848533
Lot 141 | A GEORGE III TWO-MANUAL MAHOGANY, FEATHERBANDED AND SATINWOOD HARPSICHORD
A GEORGE III TWO-MANUAL MAHOGANY, FEATHERBANDED AND SATINWOOD HARPSICHORD

BY JACOB & ABRAHAM KIRCKMAN, LONDON

With an outer case veneered with book-matched mahogany panels within chevron-strung borders and mahogany cross-banding, the lid with replaced shaped brass strap hinges, the facia and interior cheeks re-veneered with satinwood, holly and ebony stringing and kingwood crossbanding, the later keyboards of five octaves, GG to g3, with arcaded ivory naturals and skunktail ebony and ivory accidentals, the original Kirckman soundboard with inset gilt rose pierced and carved with King David playing the harp flanked by the maker's initials 'I.K.', five brass-knobbed hand stops now controlling the front 8ft and 8ft lute stop on the upper manual with later shove coupler, and back 8ft, buff and 4ft stops on the lower manual, a brass knob on the left cheek and the pedal controlling the machine stop, period mahogany music desk, on original trestle stand, the name batten with replaced inscription 'Jacobus et Abraham Kirckman Londini fecerunt 1787', the hinged front flap and top front flap possibly replacements; together with a modern piano stool

37 in. (94 cm.) high, closed; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 94 in. (238.5 cm.) long





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Place of origin:Northern Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Piano
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