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Lot Essay
Sold with the restoration report of Dave J. Law, High Wycombe, dated 28th April 1980, detailing the repairs carried out at that time
Details
A spinet
by Benjamin Slade, London, 1716
the case of walnut, the four and a half octave keyboard with ebony overlaid naturals faced with embosssed leather and ivory accidentals, the later walnut trestle stand, the nameboard inscribed Benjamin Slade, Londini Fecit 1716 and inscribed on the reverse A.C. Douglas, Oxford, 1952, Restored by Andrew C. Douglas, Ewell 1952 and further inscribed Dave Law, High Wycombe, March 1980, length 65 5/16in. (169cm)
by Benjamin Slade, London, 1716
the case of walnut, the four and a half octave keyboard with ebony overlaid naturals faced with embosssed leather and ivory accidentals, the later walnut trestle stand, the nameboard inscribed Benjamin Slade, Londini Fecit 1716 and inscribed on the reverse A.C. Douglas, Oxford, 1952, Restored by Andrew C. Douglas, Ewell 1952 and further inscribed Dave Law, High Wycombe, March 1980, length 65 5/16in. (169cm)
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