Pedal harp

Erard freres (French, active about 1780–1831 (?))

1803

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce

DimensionsHeight 165.4 cm, width 84.3 cm, depth 43 cm (Height 65 1/8 in., width 33 3/16 in., depth 16 15/16 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler

Accession number32.335

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsEngraved on action plate: PAR BREVET D'INVENTION / ERARD FRERES / Facteurs de Forté Piano & de harpes du Roi / de Ses Menus Plaisirs & de la Cour Imperiale de Russie / Rue du Mail, No 13, & 21, à Paris; stamped on action plate: No 584; incised on inside of access hatch: IIII

Provenance1932, gift of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, Boston, Massachusetts, to the MFA (Accession Date: September 1, 1932); April 24, 2013 deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Skinner Auctions, Boston.