Anonymous 'Mirrey' South Netherlandish clavichord ca. 1620
Fretted clavichord (double and triple fretted) after the South Netherlandish "Mirrey" clavichord ca. 1620, Edinburgh Raymond Russell Collection
C/E-c3, short octave
45 keys
ca. 107 x 34 x 11 cm
Fretted clavichord, original unsigned, possibly Antwerp, ca. 1620, Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments, Edinburgh, collection number 4486. See Darryl Martin, A South Netherlandish Quint-Pitch Clavichord, The Galpin Society Journal 69, 2016, p 23-38. This is a compact clavichord, with a particularly powerful sound for such small dimensions. It is a double- and triple-fretted instrument. With its meantone temperament it is ideal for the performance of music by composers such as J.-P. Sweelinck, W. Bird, H. Scheidemann, Th. Tallis, G. Farnaby, P. Cornet and many others up to the period of J.J. Froberger and M. Weckmann. The external appearance and details of its construction seem close to the engraving of Michael Praetorius' Syntagma Musicum of 1620 for the "gemein" clavichord.
C/E-c3, short octave
45 keys
ca. 107 x 34 x 11 cm
Fretted clavichord, original unsigned, possibly Antwerp, ca. 1620, Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments, Edinburgh, collection number 4486. See Darryl Martin, A South Netherlandish Quint-Pitch Clavichord, The Galpin Society Journal 69, 2016, p 23-38. This is a compact clavichord, with a particularly powerful sound for such small dimensions. It is a double- and triple-fretted instrument. With its meantone temperament it is ideal for the performance of music by composers such as J.-P. Sweelinck, W. Bird, H. Scheidemann, Th. Tallis, G. Farnaby, P. Cornet and many others up to the period of J.J. Froberger and M. Weckmann. The external appearance and details of its construction seem close to the engraving of Michael Praetorius' Syntagma Musicum of 1620 for the "gemein" clavichord.