The Royal College of Music Museum produces scanned digital prints of detailed scale drawings of instruments from the HÂþ»'s collection.
All drawings are reproduced on white paper.
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HÂþ» 1: Clavicytherium, ?German, c 1480
1 x 8. Present compass E-g2; original compass thought to have been E "E sharp" F G-g2.
Overall height 1415 mm.
(1 sheet, 2360 x 1030 mm, with additional notes.)
This new drawing replaces the less detailed one made by Derek Adlam and William Debenham in 1976.
Measured and drawn by William Debenham, 1983.
£106.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 2: Harpsichord by Alessandro Trasuntino, Venice, 1531
Formerly 1 x 8, 1 x 4, now 2 x 8. Present compass GG/BB-c3; original compass thought to have been C/E-f3.
Overall length 2250 mm. Outer case not drawn.
(1 sheet, 3480 x 1030 mm, with additional notes.)
Drawn by William Debenham, 1977.
£130.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 3: Bentside spinet, English, 1708
Compass GG/BB-d3, the lowest two sharps being divided to give both the short octave and the sharps.
Overall length 1680 mm.
(1 sheet, 1930 x 1030 mm, with additional notes.)
Drawn by William Bright, 1975.
£106.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 26: Chitarrone by Magnus Tieffenbrucker, Venice, 1608
Stringing 6 x 2, 8 x 1. Body length 679.5 mm. String lengths 933 mm approx and 1700 mm approx.
(3 sheets, 850 x 600 mm.)
Drawn by Ian Harwood, 1974; revised 1977.
£72.60 + VAT
HÂþ» 32: Guitar, attributed to Jean Voboam, Paris, c 1680
Length of back 456 mm. Bridge not original.
(2 sheets, 1280 x 950 mm and 950 x 810 mm, with additional notes.)
Drawn by Stephen Barber, 1979.
£118.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 46: Division viol by Barak Norman, London, 1692
Length of belly 634 mm. Present string length 658 mm.
(2 sheets, 1370 x 1040 mm.)
Drawn by Stephen Barber, 1976.
£130.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 48: Cittern by Gieronimo Campi, Italian, late 16th century
Overall length 728 mm. Original string length 433 mm approx. Lacks rose and bridge.
(1 sheet, 850 x 600 mm.)
Drawn by Ian Harwood, 1974.
£72.60 + VAT
HÂþ» 63: Recorder (treble), I Denner, Nuremberg, early 18th
Carved ivory. Pitch: A=415 approx.
(1 sheet, 585 x 470 mm, with additional notes.)
Drawn by Friedrich von Huene, 1968; revised 1978.
£70.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 171: Guitar by Belchior Dias, Lisbon, 1581
Vaulted back, body length 365 mm. Belly not original.
(2 sheets, 1120 x 770 mm, with additional notes.)
Drawn by Stephen Barber, 1976.
£106.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 175: Harpsichord, ?Italian, c 1575
Originally 1 x 8, now 2 x 8. Original compass C/E-c3; present compass C-d3 without C sharp.
Overall length 1860 mm. Lacks original outer case.
(1 sheet, 2130 x 1030 mm, with additional notes.)
Drawn by Grant O'Brien, 1974.
£106.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 177: Clavichord by Johann Bohak, ?Vienna, 1794
Compass FF-f3. Formerly owned by Joseph Haydn; altered c 1831. Fret-free.
The drawing shows conjectured missing parts (including bridge, tangents, tuning pins, upper part of wrest plank, lid and 'nameboard'), based on a clavichord by Ferdinand Hofmann, Vienna, c 1790, and clearly identified.
Overall length 1475 mm.
(1 sheet, 2040 x 845 mm.)
Drawn by John Barnes, 1989.
£106.20 + VAT
HÂþ» 209: Regal, German, 1629
Compass C/E-c3. Metal resonators. Overall length 1165 mm.
(1 sheet, 1875 x 1025 mm.)
Drawn by Christopher Clarke, 1979.
£106.20 + VAT