Taonga
Taonga
Rārangi Mihi
purchased with funds provided by anonymous donor, 1993, collection of Auckland Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1993.54, M2656
Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana
Initially self-taught, Paul Downie toured European museums and speaking to harpsichord makers in 1983. Working from original designs, Downie makes the complete instrument using authentic tools, many of which are from the nineteenth and some from the eighteenth century. This spinet, with a range of four and a quarter octaves, is a smaller variety of harpsichord.
Kaiwaihanga Matua
Wāhi
Rā
1993
Wā
Waitohu/māka
signed on name-batten "PAUL DOWNIE ANNO 1993"
Pāoho
Whakaahuatanga Ine
height 750 x width 1500 x depth 525 mm
Raraunga Ine
Taumata whakarōpū
Whakahounga o Mua
14 Jun 2023
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