Things - A Harpsichord at the Vienna Technical Museum

Here's a harpsichord at the Technisches Museum in Vienna. In Seattle, I knew a guy who would make harpsichords from scratch and I am very fond of their sound. Do you have a favorite musical instrument that you can share and show how it works?

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• harpsichord
• museum
• music
• piano
• technisches
• vienna

[wks1978]

It would sound even "greater" if it was in tune

[SummersDyingFast]

Get it in tuuuuune! My ears!!!

[harpsinth]

Man... your nose and glasses are much more "weird"

than any harpsichord´s sound !

[harpsichordgal]

@omoshiroidayo , Actually, it is a Flemish style harpsichord, with one manual.

[omoshiroidayo]

i would so much love to play a real harpsichord...it sounds great and the fact the volume is always the same is awesome...still wonder how ppl prefer the boring piano!

THIs is no harpsichord

[martincautivo1]

eso es un clave, no un clavicordio. caveza

[EmilyRules971]

I wonder if I ever sit down at a harpsichord and say "wheres the pedals! " because im a pianist and i automatically out my feet on the pedals of my piano :)

[kailenoboe]

To all whom say that this harpsichord is out of tune, Have you taken into account; the player? The Tone set? this harpsichord was passable tuned to a C major, thus meaning that if you were to play E major it would all sound slightly out of tune and very bright!

Also, what about their doubled strings, they are to be slightly out of each other (by 3 cents {100 cents in 1 semitone}) to accommodate for Vibrato inside the instrument and polyphinal tuning.

I am an instrument maker, I know their pain.

[heardworld]

it's tuned in meantone temperament, it's not out of tune.

[LoudLightLingers]

Wonderful fingering