National Museum of American History
De Quoco Single Manual Harpsichord
De Quoco, Nicolas · 1694
<p>This harpsichord was made by Nicolaus De Quoco in Florence, Italy in 1694. It is a single manual harpsichord with a compass of C - c3 (no C#), and a disposition of 2 x 8’, 1 x 4’, with ornate iron hand stops. The harpsichord has a spruce soundboard, a carved cartouche on nameboard and keywell end blocks, and boxwood-covered naturals and ebony-covered accidentals with boxwood inlay. The the wrestplank is inscribed:<p>
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