Category: History - European

Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Shortridge, John D.· 2 chapters· 5,151 words

_The making of harpsichords flourished in Italy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The Italian instruments were of simpler construction than those built by the North Europeans, and they lacked the familiar second manual and array of stops._

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1. Chapter 1

_The making of harpsichords flourished in Italy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The Italian instruments were of simpler construction than those built by the North Europe...

2. Chapter 2

The evidence of the correlation between string length and compass becomes much more convincing if we assume that the Italian builders abandoned the practice of making transposin...