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Pleyel et Cie
Harpsichord
1928
Paris, France
Wood, various materials
L. 182.6 cm (71 7/8 in.) W. 99.4 cm (39 1/8 in.); (102.1 cm across lid) D. without lid 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.) H. 96.2 cm (37 7/8 in.) (8') AA string length: 121.9 plucking 20.5; String lengths: c2- 32.9 plucking 11.2; f3 - 13.5 plucking 8.4; 3-octave span: 49.7 cm Bench: 63.7 x 43.6 x 49 cm high
Gift of Laura La Forge Webb, in memory of Frank La Forge, 1979
1979.523.1 .2
Marks: 1) (in ink on inlaid plaque on nameboard) Pleyel/Fracteur à Paris/Fondé en 1807 2) (stamped on pinblock) 74F036 (and) 186.335 3) (inside case on left) 74F036 4) (stamped on right mounting plate of damper support) M. Asseman 5) (in ink on ivory plate on back of nameboard) Rebuilt by Arthur P Kleiner 1942
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