Clavichords
There are 7 instruments in working order.
- 2 fretted clavichords, 4 ½ octave B to eee in the style of the mid 18th C. Made in the Stanhope workshop in the 1990s. Small resonant instruments with sufficient compass for works such as the `48`.
- 2 1970s unfretted Zuckermann clavichords. Their compass from A to fff , useful for the music of CPE Bach, Haydn.
- G.N. Deckert unfretted clavichord made c.1800 in Saxony, 5 ½ octave FF to cccc. A virtually identical instrument is owned by the University of Oxford Bate Collection. Restored by Jean Maurer and strung in brass. This instrument features in the Galpin Society Journal LXI published April 2008 edited by Paul Simmonds.
- Deckert copy made in the Stanhope workshop nearly 200 years later.
This is being used to experiment with Iron stringing instead of brass.
- 1951 unfretted clavichord by Sir Michael Cary. Typical of the instruments of its time exemplified by Tom Goff. It has a convex soundboard and double curvature bridge.
