John Phillips is an imposing giant of a man -- a master craftsman and amateur musician -- with an unusual creative streak. He makes harpsichords modeled on French, Flemish and Italian instruments from ...

Working in his studio, Kevin Fryer listens to CDs of lute and harpsichord music, letting his thoughts sail away to the Dutch masters and places like Antwerp in the 17th century. In a second-story ...

Byron Will smoothes a corner in a harpsichord he's building. A warmer in foreground contains animal skin glue that holds some pieces of the instrument together. (Janet Goetze) has been making ...

The London International Festival of Early Music: a member of staff demonstrates how to play the EMS Theorbo from the Lute section, worth £2,150 - Belinda Jiao Leaving aside the mass-market for school ...

For many, the harpsichord conjures images of cobwebbed mansions (The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes) or the iconic theme song of the Addams family. Justin Luchinski, harpsichordist and ...

What these machines represent is a continuing evolution of an instrument, rather than a return to its past. It is as if the very idea of a harpsichord had been put into a state of suspended animation ...

From the cover of The Harpsichord Diaries: A Musical Journey, a children's picture book by Elaine Funaro, Eric Love and Andrea Love (Horse & Buggy Press) Even with just a few notes, the harpsichord’s ...

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The harpsichord, invented in the early 1600s, predates the piano forte by over a century. Unlike the piano, this instrument ...

Mahan Esfahani says the harpsichord is as relevant today as it was when Bach and Vivaldi were playing it, and his interview with NPR's Robert Siegel this past June left no doubt. It's not every day ...