Clavichords
I make copies after the small triple or double fretted clavichords up to late 18th century unfretted instruments. Depending on the model, they can be finished in oiled or lacquered hardwood, or be painted.
After late 17th century German InstrumentsC/E-c3 (with split keys for F♯ and G♯), double fretted
Sound sample: Matthias Weckman - Toccata vel praeludium d-moll - Siebe Henstra
After Donat, 1700C-c3, double fretted
Sound sample: Carlos Seixas, Sonata 75 in A minor (Largo) - Private recording
After Swedish instruments, first half of the 18th centuryC-e3 (C-c0 with extra 4' string), unfretted
Sound sample: Johann Jakob Froberger - Partite “Auff die Maÿerin” (6 variations) - Menno van Delft, live recording
After Johann Adolph Hass, Hamburg, 1761FF-f3 (FF-c0 with extra 4' string), unfretted
Sound sample: Johann Sebastian Bach - Canon in Hypodiatesseron, al roverscio e per augmentationem, perpetuus (Art of Fugue, BWV 1080) - Menno van Delft
After Johann David Gerstenberg, Geringswalde, 1760C-e3, unfretted
After Christian Gottlob Friederici, Gera, 1765FF-f3, unfretted
Sound sample: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Preussische Sonate I, 2nd and 3rd movement - Pieter-Jan Belder
After Spath & Schmahl, Regensburg, 1787.AA-f3, double fretted
Praceta Dom João I, loja 57A, 2765-379 Caparide, Portugal
