Bentside Spinet

Thomas Hitchcock British

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Technical description: Case with mitered tail, of walnut walls and front of name board veneered with satinwood, with dark stringing; walnut lid appears altered, may not be original; stand with four turned legs and stretchers; GG-g3, ebony naturals with ivory arcades, skunktail accidentals of an ebony fillet surrounded by ivory sides, key frame was originally two-rail frame with overhead dip rail, keys guided by vertical pins that fit into slots in the rear of key levers; jacks of pear on fruitwood, bristle springs, quill plectra; box register built of shaped blocks; jacks and key levers have small lead weights that may be original; no rose in soundboard. (Douglas Maple 1983)

Bentside Spinet, Thomas Hitchcock (British, London ca. 1685–after 1733 London), Wood, various materials, British

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Bentside Spinet, Thomas Hitchcock (British, London ca. 1685–after 1733 London), Wood, various materials, British
Bentside Spinet, Thomas Hitchcock (British, London ca. 1685–after 1733 London), Wood, various materials, British
Bentside Spinet, Thomas Hitchcock (British, London ca. 1685–after 1733 London), Wood, various materials, British

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