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A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks or nails are placed on the felt-padded hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound. It is used to evoke the ...
Harpsichord building was often considered a lesser side job for organ builders, while some few were specialized in either harpsichord or clavichord building. [ 1 ] Note that in the German speaking world the harpsichord was only one of several instruments referred to as clavier, and keyboard instruments seem to have been used more ...
The Harpsichord Owner's Guide. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Kottick, Edward (2003). A History of the Harpsichord. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34166-3. An extensive survey by a leading contemporary scholar. Russell, Raymond (1973). The Harpsichord and Clavichord: an introductory study (2nd ed.). London: Faber and Faber.
The spinet piano, manufactured from the 1930s until recent times, was the culmination of a trend among manufacturers to make pianos smaller and cheaper. It served the purpose of making pianos available for a low price, for owners who had little space for a piano. Many spinet pianos still exist today, left over from their period of manufacture.
[5] The Scarlatti series was followed by recordings of Haydn and Mozart piano works on fortepiano, harpsichord works by Soler and Seixas, and a five disc set of harpsichord and organ music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, the latter included in the 2012 Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings. [6]
A number of instruments have been invented, designed, and made, that make sound from matter in its liquid state. This class of instruments is called hydraulophones . Hydraulophones use an incompressible fluid, such as water, as the initial sound-producing medium, and they may also use the hydraulic fluid as a user-interface.
Keith Richard Hill (born 8 May 1948) is a prize winning [1] American maker of musical instruments [2] [3] He has conducted research into the acoustical technology employed by musical instrument makers from 1550–1850, and used this knowledge to create hundreds of harpsichords, clavichords and other instruments.
"Scott Ross, Master of the Harpsichord". Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Pierre-F. Roberge (2019). "Scott Ross (1951-1989) - A discography". The Scarlatti sonatas re-released in a 34-CD boxed set by Warner Classics; Scott Ross discography at medieval.org; Scott Ross – Harpsichord Rebel at BBC Radio 3.