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German unfretted clavichord Johann Christoph Georg Schiedmayer
(1796 Neustadt an der Aisch)

Instrument origin: A construction of the instrument is inspired by german unfretted clavichord Johann Christoph Georg Schiedmayer (1796 Neustadt an der Aisch / Original stands in Museum of Fine Arts/Boston) and by german unfretted clavichord Johann Christoph Georg Schiedmayer (1789 Neustadt an der Aisch / Original stands in Regional Museum Žatec - Czech Republic).

Disposition: 
range FF-g3, pitch 415 Hz, 63 notes, dimensions 155 x 49 x 15 cm. Body: oak (or other – cherry, walnut), bottom board spruce, sounding board Val di Fiemme spruce, keyboard 63 notes – ebony-topped naturals, bone-topped blacked pear sharps, red and yellow brass and soft iron wire strings. Body with framed lids and screw-in legs.

Decoration:

inside of instrument oiled natural wood, external finish oiled natural wood, varnished, waxed.

Accessories:

tuning key, fabric carrying case for the instrument, fabric carrying case for the legs