BY JACOBUS & ABRAHAM KIRCKMAN, 1773

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A GEORGE III CROSSBANDED MAHOGANY-CASED SINGLE-MANUAL HARPSICHORD
BY JACOBUS & ABRAHAM KIRCKMAN, 1773
The interior walnut crossbanded; the rose with King David between the initials 'IK', inscribed 'Abraham Kirckman Londini Fecerunt 1773'
87 in. (221 cm.) long; 36¾ in. (93.5 cm.) wide
Compass: 5 octaves FF-f3 (no FF #); three sets of strings and three handstops: 4 foot, 8foot; the machine controlled by a pedal

Provenance

By repute the composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) and given in settlement of a debt to
(by repute) Robert Finnie McEwen (1861-1926) and by family descent to his grandson
Sir Robert Lindley McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat, 3rd Bt (1926-1980) and sold by his widow
Lady Brigid McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat, Christie's London, 17 November 1981, lot 54.

Literature

Donald H. Boalch, Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord, 1440-1840, Oxford, 1974, p. 91.

Special notice

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