Claviharp

Furniture

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Claviharp

Entry/Object ID

HM-142

Description

Claviharp (combination of harp and keyboard), machine carved with foliated design; 2 pedals, harp back, carved wood head at top, 2 iron handles on either side. 1805-1820, Marked Dietz under the keyboard cover. The keys & action is missing. Made by Johann Christian Dietz. Purchased in Munich, Germany, April 25, 1928 Circa 1960 Hammond had inside mechanisms removed for potential work, but never had them reinstalled.

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

142

Made/Created

Place

Location

French or German

Notes

Date: 1840-1850

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Instrument, Keyboard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Musical Instruments

Nomenclature Class

Musical T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

General Notes

Note Type

HM142 clavihard, ca 1810 (1983 condition report) p(1-2)

Note Type

JHHJr diary p631 1928-04-22 (Munich, Steinway, clavichord, harp piano, harp, Austria)

Note Type

1986-11-20 to B Deluca, p4 (Mussey restoration for HM 69, 142, roof cafe carving)

Note Type

2006-02-03 artifact list w 1983 values, copy (1)

Note Type

1965-04-07 Inventory copy 1, p(3) Library, Upper Round Bedroom

Note Type

1970ca Handwritten Inventory p(1) - Library