Also available electronically as a PDF file or files (requires Adobe Actobat Reader). The harpsichord and the clavichord represent the two most important types of ...

The harpsichord is the Rolls Royce of keyboards. Dating the late middle ages, it was a status symbol of any aristocratic family during the Renaissance, and by the 1600s harpsichords were being built ...

Ypsilanti is not well known for the building of old-fashioned musical instruments such as the harpsichord and clavichord, but one man from Ypsilanti became famous for his work on such instruments. He ...

Dolmetsch clavichords, Mr. Ward said, cost around a hundred and fifty pounds; the price of harpsichords ranges from a hundred and seventy-five pounds to twelve hundred pounds or so, for a big concert ...

Welcome to “Jeopardy!” No, wait. This is Clarksville. Clarksville is populated by some of the interesting characters I run into from time to time. Here, I’ll be able to tell their stories more fully, ...

The old world sounds of Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi will trill from a harpsichord that’s making a special guest appearance this weekend in Oakland County. The Symphony of the Lakes, led by music director ...

John Phillips is an imposing giant of a man -- a master craftsman and amateur musician -- with an unusual creative streak. He makes harpsichords modeled on French, Flemish and Italian instruments from ...

Working in his studio, Kevin Fryer listens to CDs of lute and harpsichord music, letting his thoughts sail away to the Dutch masters and places like Antwerp in the 17th century. In a second-story ...

Mij Ploger would have killed on one of those old network game shows. You know, shows where a TV panel of celebrity B-Listers would try to guess someone’s offbeat occupation. When they didn’t figure it ...