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. The Harpsichord Clearing Houses COMPLETE LIST contains the most comprehensive, global listing of harpsichords, virginals and clavichords for sale-used and. The steel wire normally supplied with our kits is of a lower tensile strength than modern music wire. The transposing keyboards are replicas of Taskin's keyboards. An additional peau de buffle register with leather plectra can be added to the lower-manual 8' if the builder chooses. 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'. Eric Herz French Double Manual Harpsichord Boston Built 1984 406 18,500.00 Local Pickup or Best Offer 200 Harpsichord Jack Plectra/Plectrum-DELRIN-Length 5/8' (15mm)-200 units 28.50 8.55 shipping 70 Harpsichord Leather Plectra - Finest Quality-Tapered -15mm length -70 units 159.06 15.

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). The instrument is suitable to all of the harpsichord literature of the baroque period. We made this choice because the mid-18th century French style harpsichord represents the most successful 'general' purpose instrument. We have chosen as the prototypes for our French harpsichord kit two instruments made in Paris in 17 by Pascal Taskin, possibly the most famous of all 18th century French makers. The following is a description of this harpsichord, according to the Frank Hubbard website: It has a hairline crack on the treble side of the soundboard, which has no effect on the sound of this instrument. This Hubbard harpsichord was built with high standards, and sounds absolutely wonderful. It might be a funny scene, movie quote, animation, meme or a mashup of multiple sources. Frank Hubbard French Double-Manual Harpsichord You can take any video, trim the best part, combine with other videos, add soundtrack.

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