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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More
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Description
Primary Description:
Colorless non-lead glass; blown, ground, reverse-painted and -gilded; assembled. Set of hemispherical bowls of descending size, with openings at their tops and with cork shims to permit their arrangement along a square iron shaft; the bells painted white or black on the interior, and with gilded bands at the rims; domed brass cap on the largest bell; a large circular iron wheel with five spokes on one end of the shaft, the other end with an iron disk attached near the rim to an iron strap, the strap attached at the other end to a foot treadle; the bells and rod mounted in a rectangular wooden case with angular back, curved sides, and tapered flat front, with pierced S-shaped holes in front; the edge of the wooden case near the bells inscribed in ink: "C / Cis / D. / Dis / E / F / Fis / G / Gis / A. / Ais / H / C. / Cis / D. / Dis / E / F / Fis / G / Gis / A / Hs / H / C / Cis / D. / Dis / E / F / Fis / G. / Gis / A / [H / His] / C / [Cis] / D / [Dis]"; flat board front and angled boards underneath; flat board ends with curved cutouts at the bottoms; two horizontal stretchers in back.
Exhibitions (2)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17

Keyboard Instruments from the time of Mozart
Venue(s)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art 2003-03-04 through 2003-06-24