{ "instructions": [ { "date": [ { "earliest": 2014, "value": "2014-11-12", "latest": 2014, "primary": true } ], "note": "Complete", "author": "Shepherd, Rupert", "type": "CO Core Record QA" }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 2014, "value": "2014-11-12", "latest": 2014, "primary": true } ], "note": "Core Record", "author": "Shepherd, Rupert", "type": "CO" } ], "note": [ { "type": "catalogue note", "value": "Examined by Bernard Brauchli on 23 April 1997 who made the following observations: 'Probably German in origin, c. 1750. Dimensions 29 3\/16 x 9 11\/16inches. Arnold Dolmetsch's restoration and\/or previous restorations have made the following modifications: lead weights under front half of keylevers, weights inserted in sides of keylevers in back half (these may be original), balance pins changed and bushed, felt washers (common to modern pianos) around balance pins, listing board with felt glued to bottom side screwed onto instrument, thick felt damping cloth.' The significance of the label appears not to have been noticed before MW's examination in Feb.2013. Herbert Heyde (May, 2103) pointed out to MW that the label does not mean the instrument was necessarily made by Leo, although perhaps it was." } ], "loan": { "value": "N" }, "projects": [ "CollectionsOnline03", "EXPORT 2ND (2000-10-19)", "MINIM-UK" ], "description": [ { "type": "catalogue description", "value": "Clavichord designed to sound at octave pitch. Triple fretted, with a compass of C\/E to c3. Case dovetailed. There is a hand-written label under the keys in 18th-century German. The text is: \"Johann Christoph Leo Chur f\u00fcrstl. Mayntzisch. Bambergisch. wie auch hoch f\u00fcrstl. Brandenburgisch. Onoltzbach. Hoff- und Landt orgel inspector. N\u00fcrnberg bey Herrn Herdegen Materialisten zu erfragen\" Loosely translated: \"Johann Christoph Leo, Court and County Organ inspector to the Electors of Mainz, Bamberg, and also his Highness the princely elector of Brandenburg [and] Ansbach. For materials in Nurnberg, enquire at Mr Herdegen.\" The label may be from the maker, or equally likely, it may have been glued into the instrument as a kind of calling card. Other instruments by Leo, who, like his father, was an organ builder in Augsburg, are extremely rare. There is reputedly a spinet in private hands in Melrose, Scotland, but this has not been able to be traced. Leo is a known maker, listed in Boalch (3rd ed.).", "primary": true }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 1999, "value": "26-Dec-99", "latest": 1999, "primary": true } ], "type": "object description", "value": "clavichord" }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 2007, "value": "2007-11-27", "latest": 2007, "primary": true } ], "attribution": { "source": "Sotheby's valuation" }, "type": "valuation description", "value": "An Octave Clavichord, the inner case ebonised, the three and a half octave keyboard, C-c4, with ivory naturals and stained fruitwood accidentals, length 29 3\/16 ins, width 9 11\/16 ins, in pine outer case, German, eighteenth century." }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 2007, "value": "2007-11-14", "latest": 2007, "primary": true } ], "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 1981, "value": "1981", "latest": 1981, "primary": true } ], "source": "The Dolmetsch Collection of Musical Instruments" }, "type": "catalogue description", "value": "II:4 [B]\nMiniature clavichord\nGerman 18th century\nSmall clavichord playing at 4' pitch.\nCompass C-c4 with short octave. The case of the instrument proper is of ebonised wood, the naturals are faced with ivory, the accidentals with ebony. The fronts of the keys are decorated with embossed paper. The letters MW are scratched on the soundboard.. The top two octaves are fretted, each string is used to produce more than one note. The instrument is enclosed within an outer case with a lid and a flap at one side. On the outer case are pasted a Royal Society of Musicians label and a bookplate with the initials WLHC. A search of the Royal Society of Musicians list of members, accessed on their website, produced a list of about two dozen names with at least two of these initials in the correct order. Of these, three names had three initials in common in the correct order and two of these were keyboard players (organ and\/or piano). These two are William Hutchins Callcott (admitted 1830, organ & piano) and William Hayman Cummings (admitted 1864, organ). There were no entries with the four initials in their correct order." }, { "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 2016, "value": "2016-09-13", "latest": 2016, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "Waitzman, Mimi" }, "type": "description (online)", "value": "Clavichord designed to sound at octave pitch. Triple fretted, with an apparent compass of E2-C6, but actually a short octave giving C2, D2, E2, F2-C6 (C\/E to c3, short octave) 45 notes. Double strung throughout. The ebonised case is dovetailed at the corner joints. The fronts of the keys are decorated with embossed paper. The natural touchplates are of bone, the accidentals are of fruitwood, possibly cherry, stained black. The letters \u2018MW\u2019 are scratched on the soundboard. There is a hand-written label under the keys in 18th-century German. The text is: \"Johann Christoph Leo Chur f\u00fcrstl. Mayntzisch. Bambergisch. wie auch hoch f\u00fcrstl. Brandenburgisch. Onoltzbach. Hoff- und Landt orgel inspector. N\u00fcrnberg bey Herrn Herdegen [?] Materialisten zu erfragen\" Loosely translated: \"Johann Christoph Leo, Court and County Organ inspector to the Electors of Mainz, Bamberg, and also his Highness the princely elector of Brandenburg [and] Ansbach. For materials in Nurnberg, enquire at Mr Herdegen[?].\" The label may be from the maker, or equally likely, it may have been glued into the instrument as a kind of calling card.\n\nThe instrument possesses an outer case with a lid and a flap at one side. On the outer case are pasted a Royal Society of Musicians label and a bookplate with the initials WLHC." }, { "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 2014, "value": "2014-11-07", "latest": 2014, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "Waitzman, Mimi" }, "type": "commentary (online)", "value": "Other instruments by Johann Christoph Leo, who, like his father, was an organ builder in Augsburg, are extremely rare. He is also known to have made clavichords, harpsichords, pantalons and glockenspiels. His birth and death dates are not known but in 1721 he built the organ at the Ulrichskirche (Evangelisch St. Ulrich) in Augsburg. There is reputedly a spinet by him in private hands in Melrose, Scotland, but this has not been able to be traced." }, { "date": [ { "earliest": 2014, "value": "2014-11-07", "latest": 2014, "primary": true } ], "attribution": { "date": [ { "earliest": 2014, "value": "2014-11-07", "latest": 2014, "primary": true } ], "attributor": "Waitzman, Mimi" }, "historical": true, "type": "description (online)", "value": "Clavichord designed to sound at octave pitch. Triple fretted, with a compass of C\/E to c3, short octave. The ebonised case is dovetailed at the corner joints. The fronts of the keys are decorated with embossed paper. The letters \u2018MW\u2019 are scratched on the soundboard. There is a hand-written label under the keys in 18th-century German. The text is: \"Johann Christoph Leo Chur f\u00fcrstl. Mayntzisch. Bambergisch. wie auch hoch f\u00fcrstl. Brandenburgisch. Onoltzbach. Hoff- und Landt orgel inspector. N\u00fcrnberg bey Herrn Herdegen [?] Materialisten zu erfragen\" Loosely translated: \"Johann Christoph Leo, Court and County Organ inspector to the Electors of Mainz, Bamberg, and also his Highness the princely elector of Brandenburg [and] Ansbach. For materials in Nurnberg, enquire at Mr Herdegen[?].\" The label may be from the maker, or equally likely, it may have been glued into the instrument as a kind of calling card.\n\nThe instrument possesses an outer case with a lid and a flap at one side. On the outer case are pasted a Royal Society of Musicians label and a bookplate with the initials WLHC." } ], "language": [ "eng" ], "title": [ { "type": "catalogue title", "value": "314.122-4-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by hammers or beaters", "primary": true }, { "type": "classified as" } ], "type": { "sub_type": [ "general" ], "scope": "WHOLE", "base": "object" }, "publication": [ { "summary": { "title": "The Dolmetsch collection of musical instruments" }, "@link": { "illustration": "N" }, "@admin": { "uid": "hmc-publication-90", "id": "publication-90", "uuid": "0fb502df-7d69-3c11-9776-5a02fdb77b20" }, "@entity": "reference" } ], "legal": { "status": "permanent collection" }, "options": { "option7": "Dolmetsch Collection", "option5": "Chordophone", "flag4": "N", "flag3": "N", "system_count": "0", "flag2": "N", "option4": "EXPORT 2ND (2000-10-19); CollectionsOnline03; MINIM-UK", "flag1": "N", "number1": "1" }, "appraisal": [ { "source": "catalogue", "@entity": "lifecycle" } ], "inscription": [ { "note": [ { "value": "examined by several modern scholars and agreement was more or less reached on the text, including the meaning of the abbreviations, as shown." } ], "method": "black ink", "description": [ { "value": "handwritten in 18th - century German." } ], "details": [ { "transcription": "Johann Christoph Leo Chur f\u00fcrstl. Mayntzisch. Bambergisch. wie auch hoch f\u00fcrstl. Brandenburgisch. Onoltzbach. Hoff- und Landt orgel inspector. N\u00fcrnberg bey Herrn Herdegen [?] Materialisten zu erfragen", "translation": [ { "value": "Johann Christoph Leo, Court and County Organ inspector to the Electors of Mainz, Bamberg, and also his Highness the princely elector of Brandenburg [and] Ansbach. For materials in Nurnberg, enquire at Mr Herdegen [?]." } ] } ], "language": [ "German" ], "location": "label glued to bottom boards under the keys", "type": "inscription", "script": "cursive" }, { "note": [ { "value": "two letters, may be initials of a player, repairer, restorer or it may be simple defacement." } ], "method": "scratched", "details": [ { "transcription": "MW" } ], "location": "on soundboard at the bass end of the bridge", "type": "mark" }, { "note": [ { "value": "I have not seen the outer case or this label. MWaitzman 2014-11-07. A search of the Royal Society of Musicians list of members, accessed on their website, produced a list of about two dozen names with at least two of these initials in the correct order. Of these, three names had three initials in common in the correct order and two of these were keyboard players (organ and\/or piano). These two are William Hutchins Callcott (admitted 1830, organ & piano) and William Hayman Cummings (admitted 1864, organ). There were no entries with the four initials in their correct order." } ], "details": [ { "transcription": "Royal Society of Musicians" } ], "location": "label on the outer case", "type": "inscription" }, { "note": [ { "value": "I have not seen the outer case or this label. 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