Title: Gorgeous Antique Hand Painted Harpsichord Musical Instrument
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Period: 19th Century
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1800 to 1900
Item ID: 4932
This is a hand made Harpsichord Musical Instrument. By a great artist! Absolutely Beautiful! The artist: This is a model harpsichord I built for myself. This Antique Harpsichord comes in great working condition. The old style of the work is in great condition. If you have any questions then please don't hesitate to email us. Now that I have achieved my personal goal of a reliable mastery over sound, I am able to produce the kind of sound I could only dream of 35 years ago. It is that skill and understanding that I am able to bring to each and every instrument I make. It is this skill and understanding which makes my instruments unique in our time. That is what I have to offer. Chinese Decoration: This decoration is technically not really Chinoiserie. This is decoration in the Chinese Style. The distinction is that Chinoiserie is an 17th or 18th century European interpretation of decoration in the Chinese Style. This is my own interpretation of decoration in the Chinese style.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.
In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard.[citation needed] In a broader sense, "harpsichord" designates the whole family of similar plucked keyboard instruments, including the smaller virginals, muselar, and spinet.
The harpsichord was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music. During the late 18th century it gradually disappeared from the musical scene with the rise of the piano. But in the 20th century it made a resurgence, used in historically informed performance of older music, in new (contemporary) compositions, and in popular culture.
