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The French Double Harpsichord

2 x 8⁠´, 1 x 4⁠´, buff on back 8⁠´
Stop registers & buff worked by levers through nameboard
Two 63-note reverse keyboards FF–g''' A415
Tapered pearwood jacks with crow-quill plectra, leathered registers
Soundboard painting by Carol Zdesar
White exterior
Lid painting of Colo River scene by Phyllis Bray
Gilded mouldings
Four screw-in Louis-XVI legs
Matching stool with buttoned gold velvet seat

CAREY BEEBE SYDNEY 1980

 

This instrument was redecorated in 1987

 

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