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

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 ...

2. 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 ...

The Early Music Show Rameau and the Harpsichord French Harpsichords at the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments in Edinburgh Sophie Yates visits the Russell Collection to play ...

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 ...

At about the same time, I started building musical instruments — two harpsichords, which I built from kits, during the height of the 1970s “early music” movement. At university, I studied mathematics, ...

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.