CLAVICHORD
“fretted”

56-stringed (twenty-eight
2-string unwound choirs)
47-keyed (keyboard extent is С
of the great octave — с
of the three-line octave)

Master J. Viererigel.
Hungary, Presburg, 1744

“Johannes Viererigel Prespurg 1744” — a handwritten paper label glued to the inside of the left side bar of the case

1110×295×802
Wood, metal, fabric

1924, transferred from the Association of Musical Enterprises
Stock number: 16516/1062

The key action is tangent. The case is mounted on a 4-legged underframe with a pull-out drawer. White “mirrors” are imitated on the side bars