The column with scrolling oak leaf decoration surmounted by a Gothic-arched hexagonal colonnade with saints and angels, the neck engraved Sebastian and Pierre Erard's Patent No. 6502 18. Great Marlborough Street. LONDON,

Height 70 inches (179 cm), width 38 inches (92 cm).
Provenance:
Sebastian and Pierre Erard, London, June 1888.

Sold to Heinrich Schuëcker, Boston, 1st Harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, on September 21, 1888.

Notes:
From a distinguished American family of musicians of Austrian descent, Heinrich Schuëcker was born in Vienna in 1867. He studied under Antonia Zamara of the Vienna Conservatory from 1878 to 1884. Schuëcker moved to Boston in 1885 and became the 1st harpist of the Boston Symphony Ochestra, a position he held until his death in 1913. He also taught harp at the New England Conservatory, Boston. His older brother, Edmund (1860-1911), also a harpist and composer of harp music, played with the Chicago and Pittsburgh Symphony Ochestras and the Philadephia Orchestra.

Losses to gilding and chips to gesso, fine craquelure to varnish on wood areas, strings loose, pedals sticky. Please note that Doyle does not provide condition reports on musical instruments and requests that interested bidders consult with a harp specialist/restorer before the sale. Thank you.
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