IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 77322 accession number: M.6-1941 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 6 October 2015 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wooden Welsh triple harp. Soundbox made of nine staves. Soundboard made of one slightly curved piece with grain running lengthways; small screws are visible holding it in place at top. The soundboard is pierced by six holes about 2 cm in diameter located three on each side, 10 cm, 54 cm and 98 cm from top of soundboard respectively. These holes provide the only opening into the soundbox as the bottom is sealed by a plank. There is an internal, but no external string band. The strings are held in place by string pegs (16 missing, remaining ones a random assortment, some hand whittled), staples above each string hole and some regularly spaced not immediately above the holes. Three rows of gut strings, 29, 32, 37 strings respectively. Strung on right hand side of stepped neck, the neck is strengthened by a strip of metal, probably brass screwed all along underside. Thin straight column, high head, significant narrowing of shoulder just below collar joint. The harp has no back feet. There are some thin unvarnished gut strings still on harp, the one unbroken string is too loose to sound. The harp is very plain with two scrolls, one at head, one at top of shoulder. Label on soundbox below collar. Square paper stick on label printed within a black outline 'Fitzwilliam Museum/Cambridge/Presented by' and hand written in faded ink 'Mrs Chadwick/April 1941' title: harp NOTES ----- type: history note value: Purchased by Mr J.G. Morley of Erard's, probably in the 1890s, inherited by his son, J.S. Morley,, who sold it to Mrs Norah K. Chadwick in 1937 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs N. Chadwick STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77322 PEOPLE ------------------- Morley, J. G. CATEGORIES ------ category: musical instruments DATING ------ creation date: 1810 - 1820 creation date earliest: 1810 creation date latest: 1820 CREATORS -------- maker: Jones, Thomas IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 459 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 459 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 459 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_M_6_1941_281_29.jpg height: 403 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 456 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 456 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 456 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_M_6_1941_282_29.jpg height: 406 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 455 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 455 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 455 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_M_6_1941_283_29.jpg height: 407 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 458 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 458 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/M_6_1941_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 458 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_M_6_1941_284_29.jpg height: 404 pixels width: 250 pixels