Claviciterium Italian anonym about 1660,1 manual, 2 x 8‘, HH - d3, transp.
1800 mm + table 61 cm
The South German clavicytherium, anonymous, about 1600
The "Germanisches Nationalmuseum" in Nuremberg accommodates an anonymous South German clavicytherium which shows astonishing close characteristics to the South German virginal harpsichord in Munich and the one at the Beuermann-collection in Hamburg. It testifies of such a genius craftsmanship that it's worth to rebuild this instrument as well as an exact or a modified copy - in case that there is a room with minimum 2.60 m height.
This instrument from the late renaissance (about 1600) with compass C/E-c''' has a warm groundy sound which is soft and fluty in the discant and contrasts marvellous with the regal-likely nazard. This instrument differs extremly (not only hearable) in character, touch and construction from usual harpsichords. Corresponding to the time the influence to the Italian building style in South Germany can be recognized. The walls and the board have a thickness of approx. 8 mm, the soundboard is approx. 3 - 4 mm.
The string scaling and the variety of sound colours shows the typical South German style and this is common for earlier mentioned instruments. This is not available by different tuned strings but by plucking the strings at different points. So the changing spektrum of partials changes the sound colour. Unfortunately still it is not possible to give more exact local or personal references of the builder or user for these instruments.
The modification to the one manual original is the change of the bass wall segments into a "douple swing" with the bend wall and the additioning of the second manual with a ravalement. Decisive for these modifications were the better using and confrontation of the register sound colours during playing, as well as the using of such an expense instrument up to the high baroque music.
Disposition:
rebuilding: 1 manual rebuilding: 2 manuals
registers: < virginal 8'+ buff stop < virginal 8'
< principal 8' < dolce 8'
> octav 4' > principal 8' + buff stop
< nasard 8'+ buff stop > principal 8' + buff stop
compass: HH - d''' GG/AA - d'''
pitch: 415 / 440 / 465 Hz 392 / 415 / 440 Hz, couple + oder dog leg
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