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A double manual harpsichord by Burkat Shudi & John Broadwood, the nameboard inscribed Burkat Shudi et Johannes Broadwood/No 1015 Londini Fecerunt 1785 Great Pulteney Street Golden Square; the strung mahogany case with shaped and pierced brass hinges, on trestle stand with brass casters, ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, music stand probably later, 96½in. x 39¼in. (245cm x 99.6cm)
A double manual harpsichord by Burkat Shudi & John Broadwood, the nameboard inscribed Burkat Shudi et Johannes Broadwood/No 1015 Londini Fecerunt 1785 Great Pulteney Street Golden Square; the strung mahogany case with shaped and pierced brass hinges, on trestle stand with brass casters, ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, music stand probably later, 96½in. x 39¼in. (245cm x 99.6cm)

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A double manual harpsichord by Burkat Shudi & John Broadwood, the nameboard inscribed Burkat Shudi et Johannes Broadwood/No 1015 Londini Fecerunt 1785 Great Pulteney Street Golden Square; the strung mahogany case with shaped and pierced brass hinges, on trestle stand with brass casters, ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, music stand probably later, 96½in. x 39¼in. (245cm x 99.6cm)
Compass: 5 octaves FF-f3
5 brass-knobbed hand levers controlling 2 eight foot stops, 1 four foot stop, buff, lute, machine and Venetian swell
2 pedals (detached)
Provenance
Sir Edward Burne-Jones Bt
Literature
Donald H. Boalch, Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840, Oxford, 1974, p.162

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