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27 instruments "discovered " among more than 100 : List - Updated 18-Fév-2012 - click on the pictures to see the original photos

Clavecin à trois claviers de Hass : Collection Raphael Puyana

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n°1- The regional museum of Wurtemberg (Stuttgart) bought the Ruckers Virginal on an auction by Sotheybys in New York in 1976. In the Sotheby-sales catalogue the provenance information actually is " Formely in the Collection of M-* Mme. Salomon, Paris. " Unfortunately, the instrument is not playable. Several restorers evaluated it, but advised against such an extensive restoration / reconstruction.

n°2 -The triple-manual harpsichord signed by Stefano Bolcioni, Florence, 1627 now inEdinburgh : The Raymond Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments

n°3 - The harpsichord signed "Jacobus Rodolphus de Zentis 1650", appears in Boalch, Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord, 3rd edition, p. 541 under the name "Ridolfi", but is an anonymous 16th century Italian instrument, almost certainly dating from before 1585. It was sold to my grandfather by Franciolini - it appears in one of his catalogues in 1909 - and was brought to the United States before 1959, when it was acquired by the previous owner Joel Newman. It was restored in the Frank Hubbard workshop in that same year.- Private collection.

n°4 The 17th C French instrument is depicted in plate 42 of Russell's _The Harpsicord and Clavichord (1959) _, 2nd ed. As another contributor reported, it is said to have been destroyed in the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940. Interestingly, this harpsichord is said to have had a chromatic compass of FF-c3. Isn't it a little unusual to see 17th C instruments chromatic down to FF?

n°5- Harpsichord by Benoist Stehlin of Paris in the mid-1700s : in National Museum of american history (Washington, D.C. ) : - more photos here

n°6 - The Hass instrument is now apparently owned by Rafael Puyana, who is seen here performing a Sonata by Scarlatti. Built in 1740, it has three manuals with couplers, five choirs of strings (1x16', 2x8', 1x4', 1x2') with a separate soundboard for the 16' choir, six rows of jacks, a lute stop and harp stop for the 16'. This fine instrument well represents the culmination of the German school. It has since been copied by Robert Goble & Son, Oxford.

n°7 - Folding harpsichord by Jean Marius circa 1700 (E.979.2.2) Cité de la Musique, Paris

n°8 - the history of a Johannes Ruckers (?) harpsichord that my grandfather sold M de la Raudière in 1927. M de la Raudière had aquired the Chateau de Villebon (Eure-et-Loir,
France) that had once been the home of the Duke of Sully. It was understood in 1927 that the harpsichord had originally belonged to the chateau but had been sold in 1904. So M de la Raudiére apparently believed that he was restoring the harpsichord to its original home. There are doubts about whether this was true, doubts which were mentioned recently, when the harpsichord was sold again. We do not know who bought it, unless it is the same harpichord that was recently restored by John Philipps in California(?)

n°9 - Gilbert Desruisseaux harpsichord 1678-1679 (E.979.2.3) Cité de la Musique, Paris

n°10 -Harpsichord by Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785. Rawlins fund, 1983.in National Music Museum - The University of South Dakota : NMM 3327.

n°11 - Bentside spinet (en aile d'oiseau) , Richard (Michel II), Paris,1690 (E.978.3.1) Cité de la Musique, Paris

n°12 Upright spinet (E. 999.1.1) Cité de la Musique, Paris

n°13 - Michael Günther owns a harpsichord attributed to Giacomo Ridolfi in his museum in Triefenstein-Homburg am Main

n°14 - The Museon Arlaten, in Arles (France) owns a read-organ bought in november 1990 from Yannick Guillou. Labelled : Restauré dans les Ateliers / du BERCEAU ROYAL / Instruments de Musique Anciens / M. & A. SALOMON / 14, Rue Boissy d'Anglas / à Paris, le Mai 1927.

n°15 - Spinet by Jean Claude Goujon, Paris, 1753 (E.971.5.1) Cité de la Musique, Paris

n°16 -Harpsichord by Andreas Rückers, Antwerpen 1628 : Hamburg museum

n°17- Christophe Rousset owns a spinet by Nicolò Fontana, Regio Lepido 1573 (Reggio Emilia near Bologna)

n°18 - Harpsichord by Philippe Denis : in the Château de Montaigu (musée lorrain)

n°19 - Jorge González Vendrell (Buenos Aires) owns a virginal by Pogizio

n°20 - Harpsichord by Gosset - 1770-75 - Château de Champ-sur-Marne, France.

n°21 - Einmanualiges Cembalo - um 1720 - Inventar-Nr.: 5570 - Musikinstrumenten-Museum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung, Preußischer Kulturbesitz - Berlin

n°22 - Clavecin de Antoine Vater - 1737 - Private, England (Dean Anderson) - This instrument was sold at Sotheby's in 1993. It went through my grandfather's workshop in 1923. A few years ago it was being worked on by David Leigh.: "The Vater, after 1923, spent several decades at a large country house (Woolton House, Woolton Hill) in Berkshire, south of Newbury. We have spent a very long time restoring this instrument which is now sitting in my music room while my painting restorer works on the small lid flap, lock board and music desk. Woolton House was taken over by the Ministry of Defense on behalf of the American Air Force during the Second World War. The harpsichord apparently was placed in one of the outbuildings (a stable or barn) until the house was handed back to its owners after the war. Raymond Russell photographed the soundboard in the 1950s when it was still in very good condition. Unfortunately, the harpsichord seems to have been left permanently open so that when I purchased the instrument for its current owner in the early 1990s, the sound was virtually black. Also, rain coming through an open window had damaged part of the soundboard decoration and the rim of the spine, according to Gustav Leonhardt, who saw the instrument in the 1960s. The soundboard decoration as well as the external decoration has now been restored, but the soundboard does not look as pristine as it did on your grandfather's photograph. It has a very remarkable sound. The external decoration of the Vater, by the way, dates from circa 1770 when the instrument also underwent a petit ravalement. The harpsichord was originally black with gold bands on the exterior, the keywell and the underside of the lid being vermilion." David Leigh

n°23 - Harpsichord by P.M. Cordelier - Avignon (1768) : Mme. Cuzin, Paris ( Dean Anderson)

n°24 - Spinet : SMS-MM:M2098 - Musik & Teatermuseet - Stockholm

n°25 - Italian harpsichord, 17C- Private (France, photos in 2008)

n°26 - Harpsichord by I. Ruckers ( 1627 ravalé en 1759 )- Private, England : The Ruckers had been purchased in the 1970s by Rudolph Nureyev (the ballet dancer) after it had been rather poorly restored by Claude Mercier-Ythier. David Leigh purchased it for its current owner at the sale of Nureyev's effects at Christie's in London. The owner has not yet decided to have the instrument restored. The external decoration, by the way, is 19th century.

n°27 - French harpsichord , anon 18C . 2 restorations in England. Playable Private collection, Paris.(source R von Nagel)

More information, thanks HPSCHD-L , Dean Anderson, facebook .... book by Raymond Russell , The Harpsicord and Clavichord (1959) ...

 
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