© Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Clavichord
Artist: H A Hass (1689 - after 1744)
Location: Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Date: 1743
Materials: wood, wire, ivory, tortoiseshell, paint
Dimensions: 176 x 53 x 165 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,220 (Total: £20,876; tax remission)
Vendor: Private collection
Review number: 3954 (1993)
Provenance:
Taphouse, Oxford before1885; on loan to the Bate Collection since 1981.
Description:
A beautifully decorated instrument is fully representative of his genius as a craftsman and artist and of the high artistic standards of his Hamburg. The wooden keybars are alternately plain and carved with a wavy, serpentine, upper surface. The naturals are faced with ivory and the accidentals are chequered ivory and ebony in a chevron pattern.
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