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Large unfretted Clavichord |
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(Based on instrument by the maker Hass) |
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Range: |
FF-f"' (61 notes) |
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Materials: |
Keyboard naturals of pear wood, ebony stained poplar for |
| accidentals, case of poplar, mahogany and birch. | |
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Stringing: |
Double strung throughout in yellow brass. 4' choir of yellow |
| brass and steel for the last 20 notes in the bass. | |
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Price: |
$6,000.00 |
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Small Fortepiano |
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(Based on instrument by the maker Stein) |
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Range: |
FF-f"' (61 notes) |
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Materials: |
Keyboard naturals of ebony, bone slipped accidentals, |
| case of solid mahogany and veneer. | |
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Stringing: |
Double strung throughout in low tensile steel, yellow and |
| red brass. | |
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Price: |
$10,000.00 |
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Virginal in the Italian style |
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Range: |
C-f''' (54 notes) |
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Materials: |
Keyboard naturals of pear wood with holly arcades, ebony |
| stained poplar for accidentals, beech jacks with holly tongues, | |
| Delrin plectra, case of black varnished poplar and cypress. | |
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Stringing: |
Single strung throughout in high tensile steel and yellow |
| brass. | |
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Price: |
$6,000.00 |
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Harpsichord |
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(Based on instrument by the maker Hemsch) |
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Range: |
FF-e''' (60 notes) Transposable without loss of top e''' |
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Materials: |
Case and framing of Poplar, soundboard of Swiss Pine, bridges and nuts |
| of American Cherry, hitchpin rail and jacks of Swiss Pearwood. | |
| Keyboard naturals of Ebony, bone slipped Ebony accidentals. | |
| Stringing: | Low tensile steel, yellow brass, phosphor bronze. |
| Lower manual - 8', 4'. Upper manual - 8'. Shove coupler. | |
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Price: |
$15,000.00 |
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Bentside Spinet after Silbermann |
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Range: |
FF-f'''(61 notes) |
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Materials: |
Keyboard naturals of Ebony,bone slipped accidentals, case of Cherry, |
| Beech jacks with holly tongues, Celcon plectra, Swiss Spruce soundboard. | |
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Stringing: |
Soft iron, yellow brass. |
| Disposition: | 1X8' |
| Price: | $8,000.00 |
| Harpsichord in Italian style | |
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Range: |
AA-e''' (56 notes) |
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Materials: |
Keyboard naturals of boxwood, pearwood arcades, ebony accidentals, |
| pearwood jacks with holly tongues, celcon plectra, | |
| case of Natural Mahagony, or Cypress. | |
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Stringing: |
Yellow and red brass. |
| Disposition: | 2x8' |
| Price: | $7,000.00 |
Prices for instruments are based on materials appropriate for each one. The cases are either natural finished or painted. Soundboards are undecorated and no rose is provided.
All instruments can be made with woods of the customers choosing depending on availability. Custom decorations such as soundboard paintings, roses, lid paintings, etc. can also be provided. I can custom design and render the decoration or leave it to the customer. Instruments can also be left unfinished if so desired.
For information regarding prices for custom decorations, special materials, unfinished instruments or to inquire about instruments not listed here please contact me.
| Pentagonal Virginal | |
| (Based on instrument by Ioness De Perticis) | |
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Range: |
CC-c''' (49 notes) |
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Materials: |
Case of Cypress, keyboard naturals of boxwood with pearwood |
| arcades, accidentals of ebony, pearwood jacks with holly tongues and | |
| celcon plectra, walnut bridges. | |
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Stringing: |
Single strung in yellow brass. |
| Disposition: | 1x 8' |
| Price: | $6,000.00 |
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Harpsichord |
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After Carlo Grimaldi (1697) |
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Range: |
GG-d’’’ |
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Materials: |
Keyboard naturals of Boxwood, Pearwood arcades with Ebony accidentals. |
| Soundboard of Swiss Pine, bridges and interior moldings of American Cherry, | |
| jacks of Swiss Pearwood with Holly tongues and Celcon plectra. | |
| Inner case of Cypress, outer case and stand of Poplar. | |
| Music desk and lid prop of American Cherry. | |
| Stringing: | Double strung in yellow brass. |
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Disposition: |
2x8’ |
| Additional | |
| information: | This instrument , based on the one in the Museum in Nuremberg, |
| Germany is approximately 8’ in length. It’s low profile and sweeping | |
| bentside make it an elegant looking Harpsichord | |
| Musically, it is impressive, with a bass response that is pure down to the very last note. | |
| Price: | With outer case and stand: $9,500.00 |
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Fortepiano |
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After Anton Walter |
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Range: |
FF-g’’’ (optional to a’’’) |
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Materials: |
Keyboard of Ebony, with bone slipped accidentals. |
| Action parts of Swiss Pearwood, Basswood and Maple. | |
| Soundboard of Swiss pine, bridges of Beech. | |
| Case of Poplar and Red Oak, finished in Cherry veneer. | |
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Stringing: |
Triple strung in the last 2 octaves of the treble, all the rest is double strung. |
| All wire used ( iron, yellow and red brass) is by Malcolm Rose. | |
| Additional | |
| informatiion: | Left knee lever operates the moderator while the right one is for sustain. |
| Price: | $15,000.00 |
