Harp
Sebastien Erard (1752 - 1831)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1815
Materials
Giltwood, brass, gesso, steel, gilders composition, gut, lacquered wood
Measurements
1690 x 1000 x 560 mm
Place of origin
Great Marlborough Street
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Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814125
Summary
A double action Grecian harp: Shaped ebonised wood frame, fluted giltwood columnar upright with classical decoration including band of caryatids and semi-circular base raised on four lion paw feet. Gilded panels of classical draped figures, floral and musical motifs. 43 note compass EE-e4, two pedal operated fourchettes to each string to raise its pitch either by a semitone or a tone. The top note has no mechanism. Eight pedals, seven with two-positions operating the fourchettes of the double action, and one the swell shutters ('Grecian' No.2324). Manufactured by by Sébastien Erard (1752-1831).Purchased by Lady Whitmore (wife of William Wolryche-Whitmore MP), 8 Stanhope Street Mayfair, on 20th March 1817.
Provenance
Purchased by Lady Lucy Whitmore (wife of William Wolryche-Whitmore.MP), 8 Stanhope Street, Mayfair, on 20th March 1817.
Marks and inscriptions
'Patent No.2324. Maker to HRH the Princess Charlotte of Wales;to his most Christian Majesty the King of France and to his IM the Emperor of all the Russias'
Makers and roles
Sebastien Erard (1752 - 1831), maker