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Clavichord
Johann Christoph Georg Schiedmayer (German, 1740–1820)
1796
Object Place: Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany
Medium/Technique
Oak
Dimensions
Length 153.4 cm, width 47.9 cm, case height 13.5 cm (Length 60 3/8 in., width 18 7/8 in., case height 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donate by the George A. Ramlose Foundation
Accession Number1977.60
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceBefore 1954, Lena Leviseur Steinert (Mrs. Alexander Steinert), likely brought to the United States by her father-in-law, Morris Steinert [see note 1]. About 1954, purchased by Arthur Mendel, Princeton, New Jersey; between 1954 and 1959, sold by Arthur Mendel to Edwin M. Ripin (1930-1975), Forest Hills, New York; 1977, sold by the estate of Edwin M. Ripin to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)
NOTES:
[1] It may be the instrument shown standing on its end in a wagon in the photograph titled "Schlafhäuser and his Horses," reproduced in Morris Steinert's autobiography (1900).
NOTES:
[1] It may be the instrument shown standing on its end in a wagon in the photograph titled "Schlafhäuser and his Horses," reproduced in Morris Steinert's autobiography (1900).