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Aeolian harp
late 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Pine
Dimensions
Length 91.1 cm, width 12.3 cm, height 7.3 cm (Length 35 7/8 in., width 4 13/16 in., height 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1779
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionLong rectangular body of wedge-shaped cross-section, with removable cover, made of pine throughout. Round soundhole (diameter 52 mm) at center of soundboard. Two moveable bridges of ebony. Twelve gut strings fixed to brass? hitchpins at one end, passing over bridges and fastened at opposite end to staggered iron tuning pins with rectangular heads. Cover has four "legs" with brass? pins to locate position on body, and forms wedge-shaped air passage when in place.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)