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DHV:
573
Tourin ID:
LOAN 17

Size:

Treble

Place Made:

Maker:

GB

London

Peter

Wamsley

Date:

1753

Label Text:

[Peter Wamsley] at the Harp and Hautboy in Pickadilly [1753]

Body Shape:

Current Location:

No. of Strings:

6

Collection:

[LOAN 17 (Mr. A. Chancellor)]

Sound Holes:

Catalog Number:

Head:

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

A. Chancellor (1904)

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String Length:

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Information

Source:

Loan 1904, p. 149

Literature:

Loan 1904, p. 149

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Comments:

Either the maker’s name or the date is questionable: after Peter Wamsley Sr. died in 1744 the business was continued by his son Peter Jr., but in 1751 the shop passed to the father’s pupil Thomas Smith.

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