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Instruments

German Instruments

The instruments are built from plain wood (case of solid walnut, maple, cherry etc.) or painted upon a chalk base. The natural key tops are of ebony, the sharps are of pear with a layer of bone. With the Zell-instruments the natural key tops are of bone, the sharps are made of ebony. The stand consists of an upper and lower frame with six to eight turned legs.

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Harpsichords | Clavichords | Clavicytheriums

I. Harpsichords

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Single-manual German harpsichord after Christian Zell (1741)

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Single-manual German harpsichord after Christian Zell (1741)

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Two-manual German harpsichord after Michael Mietke (around 1700)

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Two-manual German harpsichord after Michael Mietke (1710)

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Two-manual German harpsichord after Michael Mietke (undated)

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II. Clavichords

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Fretted Swiss clavichord after Johann Conrad Speisegger (Schaffhausen, 1725)

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German clavichord around 1700 after Leipzig No. 10

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III. Clavicytheriums

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Early Renaissance clavicytherium after an anonymous model

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Photos: © Volker Platte (except as noted otherwise)