South-German Virginal-Harpsichord anonym about 1600 2 manuals,3 x 8' with 5 registers, 2 x lute, FF - g3, transp. 2500 mm, pedestal, *CD N°75-1975
The 2 Manual virginal harpsichord according to an anonymous instrument (A R), anonymous, approx. 1600
There is a South German virginal harpsichord in the depot of the Bavarian National Museum which testifies of such a genius craftsmanship that it's worth to rebuild this instrument as well as an exact or a modified copy. The anonymous South German virginal harpsichord, probably built at the end of the renaissance (about 1600), has a warm groundy sound. This instrument differs extremly (not only hearable) in character, touch and construction from usual harpsichords. On the virginal harpsichord both bridges (wrestplank bridge and soundboard bridge) are situated on an active soundboard. That's why there are other acustic results as at the "common" harpsichords. Corresponding to this early time the influence of the Italian style of harpsichord building can be recognized. The walls and the board are between 3 and 8 mm thickness. What it makes typical for South German instruments is the variety of sound colours. These are not made by different tuned strings for the registers but through plucking the 8" strings at different points. So because the partial spektrum of the different tones is changing the sound coulour.
The modification to the one manual original is the additional second manual and the ravalement. Decisive for this modification was the better using of the eight registers from 3x 8": regal, nazard, principal, dolce, virginal, virginal-buff stop, principal-buff stop, mandola and the use of such an expense instrument for more than the renaissance and the early baroque period.
Disposition:
rebuilding: 1 manual 2 manuals, couple
registers: < virginal 8’ + buff stop < virginal 8’ + buff stop
< dolce 8’ < dolce 8’
> principal 8’ + buff stop > principal 8’ + buff stop
< nasard 8’ < nasard 8’
> regal 8’ + buff stop < regal 8’
compass: C/E - c3 (HH - d''') FF - g'''
pitch: 415 / 440 / 465 Hz 392 / 415 / 440 Hz
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