Audio examples

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.