Italian Renaissance harpsichord with case of marble, Neapolitan type with sharp bass angle, after an anonymous model (around 1520) in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, 8′, 4′, compass C/E–a”, with split top keys Dis/Es and Gis/As, iron scale, pitch a’=440 Hz.
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Italian renaissance harpsichord around 1520, neapolitan type with case of curly maple after an anonymous original with iron strings and a high chamber pitch a’= 494 Hz, 8′,4′, compass C/E – g”, a” with split sharps and broken octave.
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Clavichord after Dominicus Pisaurensis (1543), compass: C/E – c”’, 8′, 8′, triple to quadruple fretted, two-course instrument, the thin-walled case of cypress is inserted into an outer case.
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Clavichord after Domenicus Pisaurensis, Leipzig Nr. 1, the oldest preserved signed clavichord (1543). Multiple-fretted, two-course instrument, compass: C/E – c”’.
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One-manual Italian Harpsichord after models around 1700, “false inner outer”, two 8′ stops, compass C–d”’, pitch: 415 Hz transposing to 440 Hz and 466 Hz. Natural keys of flamed boxwood, top keys from ebony, carved and gilded cornucopias to the left and right of the keyboard. The instrument and its stand are painted in dark green on a chalk base, with gilded edgings and capitals.
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Italian harpsichord after models from the 17th century as “false inner-outer”, with extended compass C – d”’, pitch: 440 Hz transposing to 466 Hz and 415 Hz.
This instrument is available for concert hire upon request.
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