We tried almost all the organs and harpsichords in Luebeck; and, with regard to our playing, we arranged between ourselves that he should play exclusively on the organ, and I on the harpsichord.
In Italian harpsichords generally, the jack guides were controlled by knobs projecting through the sides of the case.
We have no precise evidence concerning the original wire gauges of the strings of Italian harpsichords and virginals.
This seems incredible, but the very remarkable proof is the fact that the famous Ruckers from the beginning of the last century for a period of more than thirty years made harpsichords only in this way.
Perhaps the modern tendency to idealize progress has been responsible for the neglect of Italian harpsichords and virginals during the present day revival of interest in old musical instruments.
Shortridge The making of harpsichords flourished in Italy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
Adopting the terminology used for orchestral wind instruments, these could be referred to as harpsichordsin G.
The correlation of compass and string length of the Italian instruments, the statements of Praetorius, and the similarity of the Italian keyboard ranges to those of the Ruckers transposing harpsichords have been considered.
In this paper, typical examples of Italian harpsichords from the Hugo Worch Collection in the United States National Museum are described in detail and illustrated.
As is true of the great majority of Italian virginals and harpsichords of the 16th and 17th centuries, the instrument proper is removable from its outer case.
Sometimes theseharpsichords had levers pivoted on the wrest plank and attached to the guides.
Harpsichords were not made merely to be looked at, he doubtless thought.
The earliest examples of harpsichords had only one keyboard and one or two sets of 8' strings.
Housed in elegantly painted cases supported by cabriole or fluted legs, typical French harpsichords had two manuals and were praised for their lightness of touch.
Photo: Robert Lautman] Italian Harpsichords Typical Italian harpsichords had two choirs of unison strings and two jacks for each key.
French builders, the most famous among them the Blanchet family and Pascal Taskin, spent much of their time reconstructing Ruckers harpsichords to satisfy the musical and decorative tastes of 18th-century France.
Among the Smithsonian's extensive keyboard collection are fine examples of harpsichords that represent several of the major national trends in harpsichord building: the Flemish, Italian, English, and French.
I can fancy that the music she played to please her mamma and papa, and perhaps her uncles and aunts, was of a very primitive order, for whenharpsichords were used, young ladies were not at all proficient.
So, later in the century, when harpsichords began to be thought incomplete, different makers tried to produce something better, and the result was the primitive piano-forte.
Harpsichords were shaped somewhat like our grand pianofortes, but were much smaller.
It was this capacity that distinguished it from its immediate precursors, the old-time harpsichords and clavichords.
This was an attempt to overcome the dynamic monotony of the instrument, but I can testify from careful trial of the fine Kirkman harpsichords in the Steinert collection that the attempt was not a brilliant success.
But he certainly did profit by the high state of excellence to which the manufacture of harpsichords had advanced.
Kirkman built harpsichords with two banks of keys and several sets of strings, which were controlled by stops similar to those of an organ.
No doubt there are some curious old harpsichords and lutes still to be found in Belgium and in the Netherlands--countries in former times distinguished for the cultivation of the art of music.
Spinets and harpsichordswere brought to wealthy citizens.
The notes of slender harpsichords with tapping, twinkling quills, Or carrolling to a spinet with its thin, metallic thrills.
Makes, repairs and tunes all sorts of organs, harpsichords and Fortepianos, on the most reasonable terms.
Thomas Harrison, organist of Trinity Church, advertises in the "New York Mercury" for 1761 that he has "harpsichords and spinets imported and for sale.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harpsichords" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
