Double-manual harpsichord (Luigi Baillon, Cyteux, 1755)

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Double-manual harpsichord

Luigi Baillon, Cyteux, 1755

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Catalogue data

(4478)
Double-manual harpsichord.
5 octaves, F₁ - F₆ [ F' - f''' ]
Maker: Luigi Baillon.
Cyteux.
1755.
Overall size: 2540.
Body length: 2540.
Body width: 930.
Body depth: 270.
Technical description: 2 x 8-ft, 1 x 4-ft. Manual coupler. Lute and buff stops.
Inscribed "fait par Luigi Baillon organiste et fateure a Cyteux 1755".
Lute and buff not original.
Specific literature references: Boalch 1995, p.230.
Previous ownership: bought by donor from Morley, 1963-4.
Current ownership: Gift of Rodger Mirrey, 2005.
(Rodger Mirrey Collection)

References

BOALCH, D.H., 1995. Makers of the harpsichord and clavichord 1440-1840 3rd edition, edited by C. Mould. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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