61. Arts: Music: Instruments: Keyboard: Harpsichord - Open Site The harpsichord is a keyboard instrument common from about 1500 to 1800, during the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and revived in the early 20th century. http://open-site.org/Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Harpsichord/

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Keyboard/Harpsichord Musical Instrument Top Arts Music Instruments ... Keyboard : Harpsichord See also: Arts: Music: Instruments: Keyboard: Spinet History and Description The harpsichord is a keyboard instrument common from about 1500 to 1800, during the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and revived in the early 20th century. Although it looks much like a piano, the harpsichord uses quills called plectrums to pluck the strings rather than hammers to strike them. This gives the harpsichord a harsh, percussive sound. Many harpsichords have a second set of strings pitched an octave higher or lower to create changes in volume. Otherwise, the harpsichord plays at the same volume no matter how hard or soft the keys are pressed. Unlike the clavichord whose strings are placed perpendicular to the keys, the harpsichord is shaped like a grand piano, the strings stretching away from the player in the same direction as the keys. Based on: Excerpts from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, (c)1994.

62. Harpsichord And Keyboard Maker And Restorer, Peter Barnes piano by Broadwood c.1880; an Erard Grand Piano, 1863; a bentside Spinet by John Storrs and a harpsichord, Italian after Gregori 1726. Secondhand instruments http://www.aviolin.com/peterbarnes.html

Peter Barnes Harpsichord maker since 1974 New instruments and repairs to keyboard instruments including square pianos Maker of covered strings for clavichords and square pianos Tunings, maintenance and hirings in the Bath area Traditional soundboard painting by Sheila Barnes and Jennifer Douglas Harpsichord Rescue Service Guide Prices Restringing and revoicing from £200 per register. Phone 01373 831498 for a free quote New instruments for sale: Double Manual Harpsichord after Delin, 2x8', 1x4' plus Buff. GG-f transposing a'= 415, 440 and 466 Hz. Black case with red interior decorated with gold bands and Chinoiserie. Soundboard painting. (click the small image for a better picture of the harpsichord - 89k) English Harpsichord, Peter Barnes April 2004 A brass strung 2x8’ harpsichord with walnut case and stand using the scaling of the London Bentside Spinet makers, Keene and Brackley, c. 1715 with a GG - f3 compass which transposes A440 / 415. This harpsichord has traditional wooden jacks, guides and keyboard, a detachable lid with solid brasswork and a folding music desk. The solid walnut stand detatches from the harpsichord and can be easily taken apart. The harpsichord is 6’ 3” long, 35” wide and 8” deep. (Click on the thumbnail images for better pictures) Bentside Spinet after Keene and Brackley c.1715. GG-e

63. Maurici Piano And Harpsichord historic keyboard instruments as well as tune and service modern pianos in San Diegos North County. My current offerings include Harpsichords, Clavichords and http://www.harpsichordnewyork.com/

Welcome to the home page of Maurici Piano and Harpsichord. I build and repair historic keyboard instruments as well as tune and service modern pianos in San Diegos North County. My current offerings include Harpsichords, Clavichords and Fortepianos. Virtually all the parts that go into my pieces are hand made using materials that match closely those used on the original instruments. Of course if there is a modern material that in my opinion is superior to that used on early keyboards I will use it. My philosophy is simple. I endeavor to make the best instruments both tonally and constructionally as I know how for the most reasonable price to the customer. I am well aware that there are many people who would love to own a handcrafted instrument but the price is just out of their reach. It is my belief that a well-made clavichord, harpsichord, or fortepiano should be affordable to almost anyone who truly wants one. I invite you to browse through my site. On the INSTRUMENTS page you will find photos of pieces already completed along with descriptions and prices. The ABOUT ME page will give you a brief and I hope not too boring autobiography of myself. The

64. CBH Carey Beebe Harpsichords Australia THE harpsichord Truly one of the most magical musical instruments . ONE of the crowning glories of any civilization must surely http://www.hpschd.nu/main.html

T HE H ARPSICHORD: Truly one of the most O NE of the crowning glories of any civilization must surely be the creation of its music and the instruments on which it can be realized. I not through some arcane or esoteric interest, though, that the harpsichord has undergone its resurgence in recent times. The harpsichord is indeed alive today, crossing boundaries inspired by historically informed performance, to the latest silverchair recording, to Peter Pan on film. A lthough c omputers still only remain a poor substitute for visceral human experience, I invite you to share some of our enthusiasm for this most wonderful European instrument of past centuries by becoming a regular visitor to these pages. A nd no matter where you live or work, I especially look forward to you being able to savor our instruments and services in person, putting them to the ultimate test soon. T T Carey Beebe Site overview or use our Search page.

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Harpsichord Excuse Sheet If you continue adopting the recession obsession of saving money instead of realistically looking at cost-effectiveness and concentrating on making money, your organization could be missing opportunities. Our all-inclusive Performance Fee compares more than favorably with the hire fees charged by other companies for a piece of sensitive specialist equipment of similar value. all harpsichords (and often all music) a bad name. Hiring a instrument can let you put it through its paces to see just how well it performs under a variety of circumstances. When the purchase question looms seriously, we will match you with the best possible harpsichord for your requirements: We often have suitable new instruments for delivery ex stock. If your organization already owns an instrument, it must often be used to justify its existence: If the initial choice was a good one, this need not be a bad thing. With the ownership of any instrument, however, comes the responsibility of upkeep. Some institutions balk at paying even 1% of the replacement price each year on professional maintenance, and as a result their harpsichords languish along with all their other instruments. Hopefully not your establishment! But unless you need to use a harpsichord publicly at least half a dozen times per year, you might be better served by calling us to help dispose of your current instrument before it becomes a liability that nobody wants to play even reluctantly, and then you can hire the best quality instrument, matched to your repertoire on an as need basis throughout the year.

66. OUR 1978 FRENCH DOUBLE HARPSICHORD keyboard instruments, I m very pleased indeed to be working with Marc Ducornet in helping to establish more of his extraordinary custom harpsichords in the USA http://www.tinyradio.com/harpsichord.htm

Yves Albert Feder Harpsichords established 1976 Yves Albert Feder Harpsichords is pleased to announce our association with THE PARIS WORKSHOP and the ATELIER MARC DUCORNET of Montreuil (Paris) France. TPW supplies harpsichord kits of extraordinary finish and quality backed by years of experience working with kit builders, and I personally have supplied a great many kits to amateur - and professional - builders, since 1976. Having also built a variety of custom historical keyboard instruments, I'm very pleased indeed to be working with Marc Ducornet in helping to establish more of his extraordinary custom harpsichords in the USA. The prices are amazingly reasonable for instruments coming into the US from overseas - and the quality is truly second to none. Please write, phone, or e-mail us for further details and information! Best wishes, Yves Some fun local history from our harpsichord files! Snapshots from the life of a harpsichord, "Louis" built here in 1978. Our Old Friend's left us in December '99 and went to live at CONTINUO PRODUCTIONS , under the stewardship of famed baroque musician RICHARD WYTON. "Louis" is available for rentals, concerts, and recording sessions. He can be heard in concerts by the

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68. Second Hand Instruments J.C. Neupert Neupert Bamberg historical keyboard instruments harpsichord spinet fortepiano square piano virginal clavichord. http://www.jc-neupert.de/e/service/2nd_hand_hist.htm

workshops for historical keyboard instruments Bamberg harpsichords spinets virginals clavichords ... home Second hand historical keyboard instruments The J.C. NEUPERT workshops for historical keyboard instruments makes harpsichords, spinets, clavichords, virginals, and fortepianos from various schools. Individual customer's wishes can always be accomodated. We offer a wide range of new and second hand instruments: Historical keyboard instruments: new from our own workshop second hand from our own and other workshops restoration of instruments according to the customer's requirements new grand and upright pianos from leading worldwide manufacturers second hand grand and upright pianos accessories (such as benches, covers, etc.) List of second hand- clavichords virginals spinets harpsichords single manual ... fortepianos These instruments are generally overhauled in our workshops. Intermediate trade reserved. All prices including 16 % MWSt./VAT.

69. WebRing: Hub Dana Ciul, Early Keyboard instruments harpsichord maker of the Rocky Mountain region. Dana Ciul makes finished harpsichords, Clavichords and Fortepianos. http://d.webring.com/hub?ring=hpsiclavi

70. Baroque Music - Keyboards Their harpsichords relied on heavy strings under high tension in a heavily braced case. Many 20thcentury harpsichord works were written for such instruments. http://baroque-music.com/frames/info/hc.shtml

Keyboards Harpsichord Organ Harpsichord (Italian cembalo; French clavecin), stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked to produce sound. It was developed in Europe in the 14th or 15th century and was widely used from the 16th to the early 19th century, when it was superseded by the piano. In the 20th century the harpsichord was revived for performance of music of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, as well as for new compositions. The incisive sound quality of the plucked metal strings adds clarity to melodic lines. The harpsichord is particularly effective in performing contrapuntal music—that is, music that consists of two or more melodies played at the same time, such as that of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The earliest school of harpsichord building developed in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Italian harpsichords differed from others in that they normally were made of extremely thin wood and then placed in a stronger outer case of the same shape. A second important school of building developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in Flanders, centered around the influential Ruckers family of builders. These schools gave way in the 18th century to distinctive styles of building that developed in France (the Blachet family), Germany (the Hass family), and England (Jacob Kirkman). Harpsichords of the different national schools varied in details of their proportions and construction, resulting in slight, although characteristic differences in tone color.

71. Harpsichords, Clavichords @ Net Instruments ORIGINAL ZUCKERMANN harpsichord a Flemish Double after the original Ruckers instruments, built in 2001/2002 from a Zuckermann KIT b http://netinstruments.com/musicalinstruments/harpsichords/

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72. Welcome To The Harpsichord Services Of London Website Music Links Early Music Network Early Music NewsFrench and English Lexicon of harpsichord TermsThe Galpin Society For Study of Musical instruments History of http://www.btinternet.com/~harpsichord.services/

W elcome to the H arpsichord S ervices of L ondon W ebsite. We have professional quality harpsichords and chamber organs available for hire for concerts and recordings. We are also happy to tune, repair, or transport your harpsichord, clavichord, virginals, spinet, or fortepiano in London or the Southeast of England. Member of the Harpsichord and Clavichord Web Ring: Previous 5 Sites Skip Previous Previous Next ... List Sites This Early Music Network Webring site owned by Claire Hammett. Previous 5 Sites Previous Next ... List Sites

73. AllRefer Encyclopedia - Harpsichord (Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments) - En AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on harpsichord, Music Theory, Forms, And instruments. http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/H/harpsich.html

AllRefer Channels :: Health Yellow Pages Reference Weather SEARCH : in Reference June 09, 2004 You are here : AllRefer.com Reference Encyclopedia Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments ... harpsichord By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z H harpsichord, Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments Related Category: Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments harpsichord, stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. At that time its prevailing shape was winglike, similar to that of a grand piano. The square harpsichord, often called spinet See F. T. Hubbard, Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making (1965); W. I. Zuckermann, The Modern Harpsichord (1969); L. Palmer, Harpsichord in America Topics that might be of interest to you: orchestra and orchestration piano spinet stringed instrument ... com Check out around 175,000 brief encyclopedia articles on almost all topics. Related Categories: Literature and the Arts Performing Arts More articles from AllRefer Reference on harpsichord Encyclopedia U com Check out around 175,000 brief encyclopedia articles on almost all topics.

74. Oddmusic.com Musical Instrument Gallery Created and built by Henry Lim, with the exception of the wire strings, the LEGO harpsichord is entirely With a 61 note range, the instruments size is 6 x 3 ft http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om21250.html

Oddmusic Musical Instrument Gallery Previous image Back to Gallery Listings Next image Keys and Jacks Henry plays a tune LEGO Harpsichord Click here to listen to a sample of the LEGO Harpsichord For more information about the LEGO Harpsichord and Henry Lim's other LEGO sculptures, visit his website at henrylim.org

75. TPW Build Your Own Harpsichord Sometimes they even unknowingly play instruments made from our parts because the harpsichord has been finished and signed by an established professional maker. http://www.theparisworkshop.com/en/byoh-en.html

Build your own harpsichord! Build your own harpsichord! Thousands of amateurs have successfully built instruments from our kits, and there is probably no real reason why you cannot do likewise. The work is not strenuous, nor particularly difficult if you can read and follow directions. The truth is we don't make any "kits": What we make are custom instruments, but we allow those who want to get involved in the making of their instrument to take over at a certain stage and finish it off for themselves Can I really build my own harpsichord? Building your own harpsichord is no longer a dream. We offer to share our knowledge with you so you can experience the exciting adventure of creating a fine musical instrument with your own hands, seeing it take shape little by little, and being the first to hear its sound. Realizing the dream The choice of models The choice of versions Each instrument is offered in several versions, according to how much work you would like to do yourself. By having certain delicate operations left to our care (such as assembly of the case, or installation of the soundboard) you can choose one of the more challenging models even if you are a beginner. The choice of price The flexibility of our formula even allows you the freedom to set your own budget. While the savings are substantial from the finished instrument price, you also benefit from the achievement of having built your own instrument.

76. Wauu.DE: Arts: Music: Instruments: Keyboard: Harpsichord http//www.omnidisc.com/K2M/index.html. Sounds of Harpsichords Compare with other instruments http//wwwpersonal.umich.edu/~bpl/hpsi.html. http://www.wauu.de/Arts/Music/Instruments/Keyboard/Harpsichord/

Home Arts Music Instruments ... Keyboard : Harpsichord Search DMOZ-Verzeichnis: All Categories Categories Onlye Kategorien: Builders Performers Links: "A New Solution to the Ruckers Transposing Double Puzzle" Article from Continuo magazine about a double-keyboard harpsichord. http://www.continuo.com/april97/trans.htm Baroque Music: Harpsichord The baroque harpsichord and its music. http://baroque-music.com/frames/info/hc.shtml#hc British Harpsichord Society UK oriented information about Harpsichords. Listings of performers, makers, collections, bibliographies, teachers, and technical information. http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~wvinec/BHS/ Harpsichord Owners' Manual How to maintain your harpsichord in perfect voice. Includes photos and detailed instructions. http://www.harpsichord-man.com/fixing.htm HPSCHD Mailing List Archives and links. http://www.albany.edu/hpschd-l/ Introduction to the Harpsichord and Clavichord Short descriptions. http://www.i-way.co.uk/~storrs/jsw/English/Introduction.html Keys to the Millennium The harpsichord in the 21st century. http://www.omnidisc.com/K2M/index.html

77. Toms Harpsichord Gallery One I modelled the decoration of a few of my instruments on this harpsichord. With only one 8 and one 4 , the sound is quite rich and lively. http://www.pixton.org/TomsHpschdGallery1.html

Home Tom Pixton Publications Romania ... Site Map Harpsichord Gallery Gallery I, Historical Instrument Gallery II, Pixton Instruments Harpsichord Gallery I: Historical Instruments 1748 Goermans 1642 Ruckers 1745 Dulcken 1640 Ruckers ... 168X-1754 Ruckers-Blanchet 1758 Goermans This harpsichord was made in 1748 by a Flemish maker working in Paris, Jacques Goermans. It was owned by Tye and Caroline Cunningham of Haverford, Pennsylvania, and I first saw and played it in 1970.Tye had bought it at the end of World War II in a Paris antique shop, for some absurdly small amount of money. He and Caroline, the parents of the famous violist Sarah Cunningham, were far ahead of the trend in the 1960s of an appreciation of historical instruments. This two-manual instrument, with a range of four and 3/4 octaves (GG-e'''), has three choirs of string and jacks, with the standard shove coupler found on French instruments of the period. It had been restored by the Hubbard shop in Boston in 1968 (where I had seen it, as an awestruck teenage harpsichordist), and was one of the first antiques I was able to play, photograph and study intensely. It is shown in the Cunningham's beautiful music room of their house in Haverford, a room filled with museum-quality musical instruments.

78. Toms Second Gallery by the creative and philosophical approach to instrument making of Grand Rapids, Michigan harpsichord maker Keith Hill, whose instruments were starting to pop http://www.pixton.org/TomsHpschdGallery2.html

Home Tom Pixton Publications Romania ... Site Map Harpsichord Gallery Gallery I: Historical Instrument Gallery II: Pixton Instruments Harpsichord Gallery II: Pixton Instruments 1978 Flemish double 1979 17th-century French-style double 1980 18th-century Flemish-style concert double 18th-century Blanchet-style concert double, 1982-1984 ... 1984 Pedal Harpsichord I set up my work shop in Boston after graduating from Brandeis in 1976. I had made two harpsichords by that time, and thought I knew how to do everything on my own. Through a very painful self-education, I eventually learned how to be a competent cabinet maker, historical researcher, and business man. The exquisite decorations on my instruments were executed by my wife, Barbara Pixton, who eventually became a full-time professional artist after painting these instruments as a sideline. By the time I had made eighteen harpsichords, in 1983, I realized that my skills as a businessman were more marketable in the real world than the harpsichord world, which, I discovered in the 1980's, was rapidly becoming a make-believe world, populated by self-aggrandizing dilletantes.

79. Ocm Harpsichord For the outof-order arrangements of the lowest notes of earlier instruments of the harpsichord type see Short Octave and Broken Octave. http://www.ubmail.ubalt.edu/~pfitz/play/ref/hrpschrd.htm

harpsichord Introductory The Principle of Tone Production The Virginal or Virginals The Spinet ... Some Leading Composers for it 1. Introductory. In its three forms of virginals, spinet, and harpsichord proper, the harpsichord was the favourite domestic keyboard instrument from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the eighteenth. In its most developed form, that of the harpsichord proper, it also served (except when replaced by the organ) as the supporting basis of almost every instrumental combination during the period of the development of chamber music and the orchestra-roughly 1600 to 1800 (see Chamber Music 3, Orchestra Conducting 3) An understanding of its nature and history is hence of high importance to an understanding of the history of music. The plan adopted in the present article is first briefly to explain the main principle of its construction and then to discuss severally the three forms in which it was found 2. The Principle of Tone Production. Keyboard stringed instruments fall into two classes: (a) that of the clavichord ( q.v.

80. NewOlde.com - Louis Couperin Davitt Moroney, harpsichord. instruments Albert Delin (1768), CouchetTaskin (1671), Bellot le Père (1729). US. Louis Couperin. http://www.newolde.com/couperin_louis.htm

NewOlde.com Promoting Historically-Inspired Performances of Early Music and Baroque Opera Advanced Search Site Map Home About ... French Composers » Louis Couperin Louis Couperin Links Biography from New Grove 2 Recordings Louis Couperin. Les Pièces de clavessin. Astrée E8819 (5 CDs). Blandine Verlet. Performed on the Colmar Ruckers. I also recommend Davitt Moroney's recording on HM, especially if you can find a clean set of the fine analogue LPs. Rousset presumably will record Louis Couperin's complete works in due course. I haven't heard the recordings by Noëlle Spieth. US UK DE FR (audio samples on FR) Louis Couperin. Complete Organ Works. Tempéraments TEM 316001-2-3 (3 CDs). Davitt Moroney. Jean-Boizard organ (1714), Abbaye de Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache . Newly discovered in the 20th Century, but hoarded by an eccentric English collector, the music is going to be published by L'Oiseau-Lyre, Monaco. The single disk by Jansen on FNAC 522291 (1994) was performed on the same organ. Perhaps someday the pieces will be recorded with alternating plainchant. US UK DE Louis Couperin.

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