He was committed to historical authenticity when playing centuries-old instruments and repertoire, but also recorded works by ...

History The piano is a keyboard instrument descended from early instruments like the clavichord and harpsichord, which used strings inside the instrument's body which were plucked or struck. But it's ...

In the 18th century keyboard instruments were evolving at a rapid rate. Since first appearing in the middle of the 16th century, the harpsichord - with its mechanically-plucked strings held at low ...

At first glance, the instrument looks similar to a piano, but instead of deploying a hammer that strikes a string to produce a sound, the harpsichord is fit with feathers that pluck the string.

Although the harpsichord is often associated with early music, Tilney was keen to put the instrument through its modern paces, commissioning works by Elisabeth Lutyens of Britain, Priaulx Rainier ...

The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a longer sound on the harpsichord, he would have had to add ornaments ...

At university, I studied mathematics, but took a year off to go work for a harpsichord maker. And then I did a Ph.D. in computer science, and during that time built a clavichord, a kind of keyboard ...