Double manual harpsichord after Goermans-Taskin 1783 (Franco-Flemish)
Keyboard instruments > Harpsichords
Maker: Michael Johnson, 1997
Working compass at A 415 and A 440 Hz: FF – ff3
(no bottom FF at A 392 Hz)
Strung at A 415 Hz, transposing up and down a semitone
Two 8 ft choirs, plus a 4 ft + buff
Size 247 x 102 x 30 cm
Lacquered in dark red and decorated with gold leaf in the French 18th century style (stand separate)
Contact
National Centre for Early Music
National Centre for Early Music
YO1 9TL York, United Kingdom
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