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.
Wenzel zu Naumburg, a nearly complete range of instruments which belonged to a group of traveling pipers in the early 17 century. Other highlights include a violin built by Antonio Stradivari, a ...
GIA Instruments works hand-in-hand with GIA’s laboratory, education and research teams, as well as the jewelry trade to develop the instrumentation you need to prepare you for the challenges of ...
5, the featured instruments are violin, flute and harpsichord, the latter breaking into a dizzying cadenza that seems to have been a prototype for every cadenza that followed in the decades ...
But they always seemed to be missing the point. Nobody was seriously suggesting that a video game controller would replace an instrument that’s been going strong since the 15th century.