Instruments
Italian Instruments
The thin-cased instruments are built with cypress. “False-inner-outer instruments” are made of poplar, coated on a chalk base and with gilded mouldings. The soundboard is made of spruce or cypress and has a parchment rose. The key tops are made of boxwood for the naturals and ebony on top of walnut sharps. For an additional charge also in ivory. The strings are normally made of brass. The instruments are supported by two turned trestles.
Please click on one of the following links to jump to the particular instrument list:
Renaissance Harpsichords | Baroque Harpsichords | Spinets | Clavichords
I. Renaissance Harpsichords
02
Italian Renaissance harpsichord after an anonymous model (around 1520)
II. Baroque Harpsichords
03
Italian Baroque harpsichord after models of the 17th century
This instrument is available for concert rental
III. Spinets
02
Polygonal spinet after Dominicus Pisaurensis (1540) with reduced compass
03
Polygonal spinet after Dominicus Pisaurensis (1540) with reduced compass
04
Polygonal spinet after Dominicus Pisaurensis (1540) with elaborate inlay work and carvings
05
Italian spinet after an instrument in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Queen Elizabeth virginal)
NEW!
IV. Clavichords
Photos: © Volker Platte (except as noted otherwise)