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 French Instruments

Harpsichords Sigurd Malfait

François Blanchet 1736 at Paris

Single manual

  • 2 x 8’, GG-e’’’, 58 notes

  • Case from lime / pine

  • Slides and gides from lime and leather

  • Jacks from pear tree

  • Ebony key slips - sharps with bone slips

  • Transpositionkeyboard (415Hz/440Hz)

Albert Delin 1768, Private collection

Single manual

  • 2 x 8’, GG-e’’’, 58 notes

  • Case from poplar/lime

  • Slides and gides from lime and leather

  • Jacks from pear tree

  • Ebony key slips - sharps with bone slips

  • Transpositionkeyboard on request (415Hz/440Hz)

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Pascal Taskin 1769 at Edinburgh

Double manual​

  • 2 x 8’-1 x 4’, FF-f’’’, 61 notes

  • Frame from lime/pine

  • Slides and gides from lime and leather

  • Jacks from pear tree

  • Ebony key slips - sharps with bone slips

  • Transpositionkeyboard on request (415Hz/440Hz)

Pascal Taskin 1770 at Yale

Double manual​

  • 2 x 8’-1 x 4’, FF-f’’’, 61 notes

  • Frame from lime/pine

  • Slides and gides from lime and leather

  • Jacks from pear tree

  • Ebony key slips - sharps with bone slips

  • Transpositionkeyboard  (415Hz/440Hz)

  • Goermans-Taskin 1764-1783 at Edinburgh

    Double manual

    • 2 x 8’-1 x 4’, FF-f’’’, 61 notes

    • Frame from lime/pine

    • Slides and gides from lime and leather

    • Jacks from pear tree

    • Ebony key slips - sharps with bone slips

    • Transpositionkeyboard (415Hz/440Hz)

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