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Harpsichord Owners Guide: A Manual For Buyers And Owners, Edward L. Kottick, 180 pages,
University of North Carolina Press; paperback ISBN: 0807843881 (rev. Oct. 1992) around $27.50 USD; hardcover ISBN: 0807817457 (rev. October 1987) around $50 USD. This is an excellent survey of the harpsichord, its action, history, selection and maintenance. Buy and read this *before* you buy that harpsichord! |
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Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making, Frank T. Hubbard, 364 pages, Harvard Univ Press; hardcover ISBN: 0674888456 (June 1972) around $45 USD. An overview of historical harpsichords -- national styles, famous historic builders, historic methods and materials, that sort of thing. Frank's sources include contemporary accounts and inventories as well as modern research on surviving historical instruments. This is the first comprehensive modern work on this topic and still remains the best. Although more research has changed some of Frank's conclusions, this is still the starting place for all of us present-day harpsichord builders
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The Modern Harpsichord, 20th Century Instruments and Their Makers, Wolfgang Zuckermann, October House, New York, 255 pages. This 20th century harpsichord builder and inventor of the harpsichord kit candidly describes and assesses the harpsichords built by his contemporaries. Some hot stuff in here, worth a read. Out of print but occasionally available from used book dealers and may be found in libraries. |
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Harpsichord Technique : A Guide to Expressivity, Nancy Metzger, Musica Dulce; ISBN: 0962493414; 2nd spi edition (January 1998) around $35 USD (with companion cassette tape). How to play the things. Not easy to find these days, but there are usually a few used copies out there. |
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Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840, Donald H. Boalch, 824 pages, Oxford Univ Pr; ASIN: 019318429X; 3rd edition (December 1995). Most recent edition of *the* standard reference work. Pretty heavy reading, but in the harpsichord world the way you end an argument is, "Boalch says..." |
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