The harpsichord is that family of keyboard instruments which are plucked, not struck, by the key mechanism. It has served as the major string keyboard instrument for substantially longer than its descendant the piano, ... [MORE] Builders (75) Performers (107) 1. Elisabetta Lanzoni - Harpsichord Painter - Pictures of harpsichords decorated by the Artist. 2. Harpsichord French-English Lexicon - Yann Morin translates important terms. 3. Princeton Early Keyboard Center - Small independent school in Princeton, New Jersey, teaching harpsichord,clavichord, and related matters. Directed by harpsichordist Gavin Black. 4. A New Solution to the Ruckers Transposing Double Puzzle - Article from Continuo Magazine about a double-keyboard harpsichord. 5. Baroque Music: Harpsichord - The baroque harpsichord and its music. 6. British Harpsichord Society - Free membership. Includes membership information and links. 7. Four-Wheel Drive Harpsichords - To boldly go where no harpsichord has gone before. Humorous site. 8. Harpsichord Tuning, Repair, and Temperaments - Tutorial on how to apply various different temperaments. 9. Harpsichords and Related Topics - Open forum for topics related to harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos and virginals. Archives and links. 10. History of the Harpsichord - Information about the instrument in eighteenth century France and the Flemish influence, written by Janet Pierce. 11. Hot Harpsichord Information Centre - Questions and answers by American harpsichordist Barbara Cadranel. 12. Keys to the Millennium - Listening room and education. 13. Mario's Italian Virginal - Report of the design and construction of an Italian virginal. 14. Sounds of Harpsichords - Audio samples of different styles of instruments. Comparisons to other period instruments with similar sound. 15. Surviving French Harpsichords - Instruments built or rebuilt in France in the 17th and 18th Centuries, known to have survived into the 20th. 16. The Instrument Workshop - Parts and supplies for early keyboard instruments and other non-bowed stringed instruments. 17. The Virtual Vincenzo Project - The virtual restoration and future exhibition of an instrument built by Vincenzo Sodi in 1782 in Florence. Archive, MP3s and photo gallery.

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