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French Double-manual Kit. We have chosen as the prototypes for our French harpsichord kit two instruments made in Paris in 1769 and 1770 by Pascal Taskin, possibly the most famous of all 18th century French makers.
The completed kit rewards the builder with a double-manual instrument of elegant proportion and detail having a range of five octaves, FF-f'' (61 notes). There are three ranks of jacks and three choirs of strings, 2 x 8', 1 x 4', with a buff stop which can be installed on either the back 8' choir or the upper-manual 8'. An additional peau de buffle register with leather plectra can be added to the lower-manual 8' if the builder chooses. The transposing keyboards are replicas of Taskin's keyboards. The steel wire normally supplied with our kits is of a lower tensile strength than modern music wire. Its tensile strength reproduces that of the wire used in the 18th century and its high flexibility produces a tone somewhat richer in the lower harmonics and clearer in overall impression than harder wire. French kits include a trestle stand. However, continental harpsichords in the mid 18th century were often supported by a set of turned and fluted legs attached to a low rim or apron. Later the legs were often attached directly to the bottom of the instrument. We offer the builder the option of purchasing in place of the trestle stand either a set of Louis XVI style legs, which can be screwed to the bottom of the harpsichord, or a Louis XVI apron, fully assembled with decorative moldings and screw-on legs. Other options are listed in our catalogue and price list.
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We now have a demonstration CD of this instrument available ($10.00 ppd. in U.S.). Please - inquire via our contact form.
Flemish Single-manual Kit, 18th c. extended range
The kit is patterned on an instrument built in Antwerp in 1584 by Hans Moermans. We have followed the 18th century practice of ravalement and extended the range of the original from 55 to 58 notes (GG-e'' chromatic). We have also added a French 18th century scaling. It is disposed with two eight foot (8') stops and a buff stop. Like the French harpsichord kit, the Flemish Single-Manual Kit is available with a number of options, among them block printed papers (replicas of traditional Flemish designs) to decorate the interior of the instrument.
We now have a demonstration CD of this instrument available ($10.00 ppd. in U.S.). Please - inquire via our contact form.
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French Double-manual Harpsichord
No more idiomatic music was written for the harpsichord than by French composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. The harpsichords for which this marvelous body of music was composed were superb, and the products of the Parisian workshops were prized throughout Europe. There is nothing in the literature of the harpsichord which cannot be successfully performed on these instruments with their singing treble, fluty tenor and rich bass sonorities.
The late 17th century was a time of flux in French harpsichord making. The earlier native school of building was going out of fashion as the wealthy cast covetous glances at Ruckers harpsichords that had been enlarged with the increased range of contemporary composers such as d'Anglebert, Jacquet de la Guerre and Marchand in mind. One could hardly blame a prominent maker such as Michel Richard for making an instrument closely modeled on the Ruckers design and then passing it off as a Ruckers. This is just what he seems to have done in 1688. The instrument we offer on this model (the original does not currently play) is designed to be pitched at a'=392Hz, one whole tone below modern pitch. The sound is dry and incisive as one might expect from the smaller case but still dark and rich, much like the larger models of the second quarter of the 18th century that designs such as this helped spawn. Our 17th c. French double after Richard can be built to play at a'=415 Hz with no loss of sonority. More details may be found in the downloadable offering sheet.
Each of our 18th c. French double-manual harpsichords possesses a typical mid-late 18th c. range and is disposed with three ranks of jacks and three choirs of strings, 2 x 8', 1 x 4', with a shove coupler. The various details are listed in the appropriate downloadable offering sheet.
Goermans French Double-manual with cabriole stand
Each instrument on this page is offered painted in a traditional French style, with contrasting interior and exterior colors reconciled by gold leaf bands on case and lid and gilded mouldings. Each is supplied with a simple trestle stand. Apron stands of various appropriate styles are available at additional cost. If desired, the soundboard and wrestplank may be decorated in 17th or 18th century French style.
French double-manual harpsichords (except Taskin) – Offering Sheet
French double-manual harpsichord after Taskin – Offering Sheet
Hemsch double-manual harpsichord in original decoration (Sheridan Germann)
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