by mreichstadt | Dec 5, 2023 | Claviers-en
HARPSICHORD Johann – Daniel DULCKEN, c. 1740 Single-manual harpsichord with 52 keys A – D 3, made in Antwerp around the middle of the 18th century. It is equipped with two sets of eight feet and one set of four feet operated by pull-tabs on either side of the...
by mreichstadt | Dec 5, 2023 | Claviers-en
ITALIAN SPINET 16th century Léonora d’Esté, (1515-1575) princess, nun and musician. The gold leaf decoration painted on the throat and around the edge of the soundboard represents golden vines on which exotic birds are arranged. We find the description of this...
by mreichstadt | Aug 18, 2023 | Claviers-en
PLEYEL HARPSICHORD ART-DECO FAIR, PARIS 1925. Furniture by SUE & MARE – Decor by Bernard NAUDIN – PARIS 1925. Exhibited on the Pleyel stand at Pont Alexandre III at the Salon des Arts Décoratifs in 1925 This instrument bears the manufacturing...
by mreichstadt | Aug 18, 2023 | Claviers-en
KEYBOARD HARP: CALDERARPA from CALDERA in TURIN; Nineteenth century. Luigi Caldera, (Cuneo (Piedmont) c.1835 – Turin 1905) is an Italian engineer specializing in acoustics. We owe him several inventions mainly in the field of keyboard instruments. With the...
by mreichstadt | Aug 18, 2023 | Claviers-en
MUTE KEYBOARD or TRAVEL PIANO, by BLANCHET FILS in PARIS, 19th century Engraved on an ivory plate: “BLANCHET Son / of the Old House ROLLER & BLANCHET Son / Factor of LL MM The Emperor and the Empress. PARIS.” Mahogany chest. Keyboard of three...
by mreichstadt | Aug 18, 2023 | Claviers-en
ORGUE NAPOLITAIN, vers 1800 Model of eight feet ringing, attributed to COLOMEO of NAPLES and built in the pure Neapolitan tradition. Sideboard in green lacquered poplar, whose base contains the blower system, while the upper part (Alzata) encloses the...
