Category:Harpsichord (1781) by Jacob Kirckman, Abraham Kirckman, London (AM 1998.60.2)

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  • harpsichord [1998.60.2]. Auckland Museum (AucklandMuseum.com).
    "​harpsichord ",
    "​Object / Artefact › Applied Arts and Design ",
    "​Description: 
      • harpsichord, single manual, in case with brass fittings on trestle stand. Keys: thirty-six ivory naturals, 24 ebony sharps, solid mahogany lid, white wood stringing.
        • Front flap divided at key well, inside brass lock. Exterior four metal hinges/doubled are decorative, then divided at jackrail four metal hinges/doubled.
        • Rim near lid is separating treble hinge rhs cut to allow operation of the swell. Three decorative hinges in the form of straps, large, medium and small.
        • Pine plank underside, fords run length ways up to bell rail and planks run across from belly rail to keyboard usual arrangement. Stand one pedal-swell pedal stand is probably not original mouldings probably machined
        • Stand is bolted together but can separate into five parts, including pedal, joined with wing nuts "1/4"
      • 1 single manual harpsichord
        • Jacob Kirckman and Abraham Kirckman, London, England, 1781
        • mahogany, oak, burr walnut, tulipwood, brass, ivory, ebony, 940 x 970 x 2220 mm
        • labelled ‘Jacobus et Abraham Kirckman Londini Fecerunt 1781’
        • 1998.60.2 Castle 2
      • Ronald Castle recalled that the Kirckman harpsichord was ‘the piece that got the collection going’.
      • It was purchased directly from J George Morley, the harp, spinet and piano makers of London in October 1939.
      • When it arrived in New Zealand in 1940, Ronald Castle was able to declare it ‘the first original harpsichord to come to New Zealand.’
      • The Kirckman name became well known as the leading family of harpsichord and piano makers founded in London by Jacob Kirckman (1710 - 1792). His nephew Abraham Kirckman (-1737 - 1794) joined him in the business.
      • Jacob Kirckman’s business gained a reputation for constructing excellent harpsichords. He invented the ‘Nag’s Head Swell’ device - a shutter that rises and falls when operated by the foot pedal. This was developed to give the harpsichord the similar effect of an organ swell. This harpsichord features the swell device.
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      "​Place:  London ",
      "​Accession number:  1998.60.2 ",
      "​Accession date:  10 October 1998 ",
      "​Other Number:  2, 13956, 1998.60.2, Castle 224 ",
      "​Collection area:  Applied Arts and Design ",
      "​Item count:  1 ",
      "​Record richness:  ",
      "​Artefact ",
      "​Credit:  The Zillah Castle and Ronald Castle Collection of Musical Instruments, (2), collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1998.60.2 ",
      "​Collection:  Ronald Castle and Zillah Castle ",
      "​Production:  Jacob Kirckman (instrument maker)  / Abraham Kirckman (instrument maker)   / London, England, United Kingdom, Europe   / 1781   / George III (1760 - 1820), House of Brunswick, Hanover Line, English reign   / handmade ",
      "​Signature/marks:  "Jacobus et Abraham London fecerant" (maker's mark) ",
      "​Consists of:  keys › ivory   / naturals   / keys › ebony   / accidentals, possibly replaced   / keywell › burr walnut   / veneer panels   / part of tuning plank › felt   / tuning pins › iron   / forged iron   / hinges, knobs › brass (alloy)   / spine › oak   / unveneered ",
      "​Dimensions:  harpsichord length : 940mm (aprox.)   / (length 940 x width 970 x depth/length 2220 mm aprox. Frame: length 1570 x width 890 x depth/length 635 mm aprox.)   / frame length : 1570mm (aprox.)   / frame depth : 635mm (aprox.)   / harpsichord width : 970mm (aprox.)   / harpsichord depth : 2220mm (aprox.) ",
      "​Classification:  Hornbostel-Sachs (Nomenclature) 314.122   Harpsichord (Secondary Term) ",
      "​Classification Documents:  Article: Hornbostel and Sachs (1914). Systematik der Musikinstrumente ['Systematik der Musikinstrumente' Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie]. Germany ",
      "​Record created:  6 January 1999 "

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