Bentside Spinet

Thomas Hitchcock

ca. 1700 · Wood, various materials · Musical Instruments

Technical description: Case with mitered tail, of walnut walls and front of name board veneered with satinwood, with dark stringing; walnut lid appears altered, may not be original; stand with four turned legs and stretchers; GG-g3, ebony naturals with ivory arcades, skunktail accidentals of an ebony fillet surrounded by ivory sides, key frame was originally two-rail frame with overhead dip rail, keys guided by vertical pins that fit into slots in the rear of key levers; jacks of pear on fruitwood, bristle springs, quill plectra; box register built of shaped blocks; jacks and key levers have small lead weights that may be original; no rose in soundboard. (Douglas Maple 1983)

Artist

Thomas Hitchcock

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Wood, various materials

Culture

British

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889