Lid painting on a clavichord

Clavichords are perfect domestic keyboard instruments because they play very quietly. This one was made for the home of someone with a lot of money as it is decorated with expensive materials like tortoiseshell and Kingwood. Today, we would choose different materials as we are more aware of sustainability and conservation than people were 250 years ago.

University of Edinburgh, Musical Instrument Collections: MIMEd 4322