HUBBARD KIT BUILT HARPSICORD

Frank Hubbard Flemish Single Manual Harpsicord kit no. F 428 P-C, buff, 54 notes, based on a Harpsicord built in 1584 in Antwerp by Hans Moermans, copyright 1976, this signed by the builder "M. Sinclair fecit, 1984" above the keyboard, and having the inscriptions in Latin under the lid "Musica (est) Mentis Medicina Maestae" (Music is the medicine for a Sad Mind" and "Magis Utile nil est Artibus his, Quae nil Utilitatis Habent" (Nothing is more useful to a Man than those Arts which have no Utility) - Petrarch: Ep. ex Pont. i.5, 53. The practical instrument has a painted case with faux aging and wear. 36 3/4" x 83 1/2" x 34" overall, 27" to keyboard.