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6' 6'' Grand piano

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6' 6'' Grand piano

Maker: Bosendorfer, 1999
Tuned to modern pitch A 440

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Big Italian harpsichord after Grimaldi built by Michel De Mayer

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Big Italian harpsichord after Grimaldi built by Michel De Mayer

Built  by Michel De Mayer
​Single manual
2x 8', GG/AA-d3
Transposing: 392 / 415 / 440 Hz
Type 'true inner-outer'
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Big Italian harpsichord (anonymus Florentine) built by Detmar Hungerberg

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Big Italian harpsichord (anonymus Florentine) built by Detmar Hungerberg

Built  by Detmar Hungerberg
​Single manual
2x 8', GG-d3
Transposing: 415 / 440 Hz
Type 'false inner-outer'
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Chamber organ built by Peter Collins

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Chamber organ built by Peter Collins

Maker: Peter Collins, 1995
Three-stop continuo organ (Wood Gedact 8, Flute 4, Principal 2)
Compass: CC – g (56 notes)
With transposer (one semitone higher or lower from A 440)
Oak case
Size 3 ft 7 in (height) x 3 ft 6 in (width) x 1 ft 9 in (depth)

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Chest Organ built by Thomas de Grunne

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Chest Organ built by Thomas de Grunne

Keyboard range C to e''' 53 keys

Transposition a' = 392/415/440/466 Hz.

Pipes in cedar and solid oak

3 registers : Bourdon 8', open flutes 4' and 2'

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Chest Organs built by Etienne Debaisieux

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Chest Organs built by Etienne Debaisieux

Different chest organs of builder Etienne Debaisieux from Longueville (B)
  • 5 registers (metal principal 8, bourdon 8, flute 4, flute 2, cymbale)
  • 5 registers (metal principal 8, bourdon 8, flute 4, flute 2, regal)
  • 3 registers (metal principal 8, bourdon 8, flute 4)
  • 3 registers (bourdon 8, flute 4, flute 2)
Keyboard range C to d’’’ 51 keys
Transposition a’ = 392/415/440/466 Hz.
Pipes in metal, cedar and solid oak
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Clavicytherium c. 1470 (South Germany?) built by Matthias Griewisch

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Clavicytherium c. 1470 (South Germany?) built by Matthias Griewisch

Built by Matthias Griewisch

After the c. 1470 instrument at the Royal College of Music London
1 register : 8'
​Range: F/G - a"
Real gut strings

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Double manual harpsichord after Goermans-Taskin 1783 (Franco-Flemish)

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Double manual harpsichord after Goermans-Taskin 1783 (Franco-Flemish)

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)

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Flemish/French harpsichord after Couchet/Blanchet built by Andreas Kilström

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Flemish/French harpsichord after Couchet/Blanchet built by Andreas Kilström

Flemish / French harpsichord after Couchet/Blanchet (petit ravalement)
Built by Andreas Kilström (2009)
​Double manual
2x 8', 4', lute       ~     GG - e3
Transposing: 392 - 415 - 440 Hz
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Flemish/French harpsichord after "Versailles" Ruckers/Blanchet built by Andreas Kilström

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Flemish/French harpsichord after "Versailles" Ruckers/Blanchet built by Andreas Kilström

Flemish / French harpsichord after
Ruckers/Blanchet (petit ravalement)
​at the Château de Versailles
Built by Andreas Kilström (2007)
Double manual
2x 8', 4', lute     ~     FF/GG - d3
Transposing: 392 - 415 - 440 Hz

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Flemish virginal after Ioannes Ruckers built by Matthias Griewisch

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Flemish virginal after Ioannes Ruckers built by Matthias Griewisch

Flemish virginal Joannes Ruckers, Antwerp 1629 (4 ½ foot)
Exact copy of the instrument at MIM Brussels 
Built by Matthias Griewisch
C/E - d3
Pitch: e’ = 392 Hz (a’ sounds a minor third higher then 440 Hz) 
The only replica of this virginal type in the world !

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Fortepiano after J. Fritz 1820 (Viennese)

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Fortepiano after J. Fritz 1820 (Viennese)

Maker: Dennis Woolley, 1998
Compass: 61/2 octaves (CC – f4)
Pitch A 430 Hz (Note: cannot be tuned to modern concert pitch)
Size 246 x 125 x 90 cm (stand separate)

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