Old Instruments Sold
MEDIEVAL Italian clavichords and lutes, which are believed to he unique specimens of their kind, were m entlv sold by Mr. Arnold Dolmetscli, the collector of musical instruments, who lives at Haslemere, Surrey, to an anonymous benefactor for presentation to the 'Washington Museum. Among the instruments that have now been bought from Mr. Dolmetscli is a kite made at Padova (or Padua) in Italy in 1595. It. is perfectly preserved. One of tlie most valuable is a clavicembalo, or Italian harpsichord, complete with its original decoration and a detachable desk that goes with it. This piece is in its original decorated ,;ase and is believed to have belonged to an Italian composer from the fact that the desk and the clavicembalo are both stained with splashes of ink as if the composer wrote his music while at the instrument.
Early English bass and treble viols, a virginal of about 1600, and an Italian clavichord have also been bought.
The price realised by the collection is believed to he well over £IOOO.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17439, 10 April 1931, Page 9
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174Old Instruments Sold Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17439, 10 April 1931, Page 9
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