pedalclavichord 17th century Buxtehude

For more information
-about this instrument: http://www.dickverwolf.nl
-about the recording (CD): info@musicrecserv.nl
-about the history, playing the clavichord, etc: http://home.wanadoo.nl/averhard/index.html

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[Opistographus]

Truly wonderful!

[tubastuff]

@oncexist I think that's mostly due to the construction of the mechanism. Damping felt is present between the tangent and the tuning block. I suspect that a tangent dividing a string into a sounding and non-sounding parts is not particularly efficient at low frequencies and the upper harmonics get damped rather quickly.

Just a plausible explanation, not a certainty.

[oncexist]

@tubastuff by phasing I mean that IIIEEAAOOWW that occurs with every low note. For example if you play E on the pedal it is still E all the way at first it is bright and as it decays it becomes murky (this happens to many instruments albeit in a fundamentally different fashion and much less apparent than here).Hold an Ahhhh on a steady pitch, hold your palms at your ears in a shell position with the palm (finger) at the back of your ears, cover and uncover your ears, that's phasing.

[tubastuff]

@oncexist I'm not sure I understand precisely what you mean by "phasing", but a clavichord is unique among keyboard instrument in that the player has the ability to add a true vibrato (bebung) by changing the pressure on they key.

[Mr98giuliano]

@matsuuradesune i know it very well...but this particular clavichord had a sounds similar to a harpsichord sound.

[matsuuradesune]

@Mr98giuliano It certainly does not sound like a harpsichord. A Harpsichord will sound much brighter as the string is plucked. These strings are definitely, being struck. Unless it's a harpsichord that is very well dampened, I'd highly suggest checking out sound different instruments for yourself. The difference should become very clear :-)

[Mr98giuliano]

it sunds like a harpsichord...why?

[ALRAesurrection]

It's sublime, divine!

[oncexist]

This instrument's timbre (along with the natural reverb of the instrument and the room in which it was recorded) is extremely well balanced. Dick, you are a fine craftsman.

The clavichord's (and especially its pedal register's) phasing (the trait which makes it goes wow-wow) has always been for me a most characteristically expressive qualitiy of the baroque. Can anybody tell me what is responsible for this phasing? Is it the action itself and the slight raising of the string by the jack?

[ceadachrua]

@pstk2002 Praeludium in d, Bux WV 140....unless I misunderstood your question.