Clavichord

Clavichord by Christian Kintzing

Medium

Wood, ebony, bone, walnut, paint, metal

Dimensions

Height (of case, without lid): 4 in. (10.1 cm) Width: 54 7/16 in. (138.2 cm) Depth (perpendicular to keyboard): 18 1/4 in. (46.3 cm)

Classification

Chordophone-Zither-struck-clavichord

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange; Rogers Fund; The Barrington Foundation Inc. Gift; Gifts of Risa and David Bernstein, Carroll C., Beverly and Garry S. Bratman, Miss Alice Getty, and Erica D. White, by exchange; and funds from various donors, by exchange, 1986

Accession Number

1986.239a-b

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