Single Manual Harpsichord by Perkins & Gotto after Thomas Barton, 1709 (Previously Owned)
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PO Ref. PO1295S
Single Manual Harpsichord by Perkins & Gotto after Thomas Barton, 1709 (Previously Owned) in excellent condition with folding tripod stand. Fully serviced, re-strung and regularly tuned by our keyboard technician, Richard Taylor.
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This rare single manual harpsichord from a kit by Perkins & Gotto of Norwich, after Thomas Barton 1709, was specially-built for Harrogate College in 1980. The majority of the instrument's manufacture was carried out by Gotto & Perkins, except for the fitting of wrestpins, as well as the stringing and tuning upon completion of the kit. Tuning hammer and stringing schedule included.
| Disposition | 2x8', buff stop, Flemish registers (via stops) |
| Range | 59 notes: G1–D6 |
| Dimensions | length 205cm; width 86cm; depth of case 28cm; height of keyboard from floor 71cm |
| Weight | approx. 50kg |
| Action | conventional keyboard with pearwood naturals, black sharps and pearwood arcades; delrin jacks |
| Wood | case in tulipwood; oak wrestplank; bottom and lid in solid wood; spruce soundboard |
| Assembly | braces tongue and grooved or dovetailed |
| Stand | dismountable |
| Music Desk | dismountable |
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