Here, at last, are three sample tracks demonstrating the three possible stop combinations of this harpsichord. Files are high-bitrate MP3s; you may be prompted by your web browser to permit your default media player to play these tracks. The examples need a moment before they're ready to play.
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)
Excerpts from Suite in C Major, BuxWV 230
Allemande (back 8' register):
Courante (both registers):
Sarabande (front 8' register):
Notice that there isn't a huge difference in the sound between the two individual 8's: this is because their plucking points are quite similar. Instruments that have a 4' stop usually place the 4' jacks between the two 8's, and this extra separation of the plucking points alters the sound of the 8's more noticeably.
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3 comments:
Nice to hear your instrument play! Congratulations on all your hard work with it. Do you feel inspired to build another harpsichord sometime?
Dear Borys,
very impressive! I was a little worried about your instrument coming out a little "too flemish" as you used those raised hitchpin rails and the spruce soundboard. But I was wrong: What I hear has the crispness we aer searching for in an italian instrument. A very defined attack and a medium sustain. Especially the tenor sounds wonderful.
Greetings
Michael in germany
Impressed by the instrument you built. However, the sound samples seem to be no longer available.
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