National Centre for Early Music
6' 6'' Grand piano
Maker: Bosendorfer, 1999
Tuned to modern pitch A 440
Claviarte BV
Big Italian harpsichord after Grimaldi built by Michel De Mayer
Single manual
2x 8', GG/AA-d3
Transposing: 392 / 415 / 440 Hz
Type 'true inner-outer'
Claviarte BV
Big Italian harpsichord (anonymus Florentine) built by Detmar Hungerberg
Single manual
2x 8', GG-d3
Transposing: 415 / 440 Hz
Type 'false inner-outer'
National Centre for Early Music
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)
Claviarte BV
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'
Claviarte BV
Chest Organs built by Etienne Debaisieux
- 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)
Claviarte BV
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
National Centre for Early Music
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)
Claviarte BV
Flemish/French harpsichord after Couchet/Blanchet built by Andreas Kilström
Built by Andreas Kilström (2009)
Double manual
2x 8', 4', lute ~ GG - e3
Transposing: 392 - 415 - 440 Hz
Claviarte BV
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
Claviarte BV
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 !
National Centre for Early Music
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)