This education blog shares various horizons of music in order to promote sustainable development of music education. Being devoted to music education for 19 years, Carol Ng has established her private studio at Adelaide, South Australia with an examination-standard Yamaha grand piano. In addition, Carol is keen on enlightening the next generation and advocating continuous advancement of music industry.

教育BLOG旨在推廣音樂教育發展,讓更多人認識不同的音樂領域;吳老師投身音樂教育十九年,於南澳洲的阿得萊德開設私人教室,並採用符合考試標準之Yamaha 三角琴教學,致力培育新一代音樂學好者及推動音樂行業的持續發展。

2014年5月2日 星期五

Ferrini harpsichord

Ferrini harpsichord
 
 
Giovanni Ferrini was the pupil and successor of the Florentine builder Bartolomeo Cristofori. Like Cristofori he was keeper of the keyboard instruments of the Medici collection as well as a builder of harpsichords and pianos. There also survives a combined piano/harpsichord made by him, now part of Tagliavini's collection.
 
The original of this Ferrini harpsichord is based on an instrument conserved in Michigan University. It has two 8' stops and a 4½ octave range GG-d''' (the range may be extended to GG-e'''). My version also has the transposing keyboard for playing at 415/440. Its two main merits are the beautiful, powerful and rich sound, and the lightness of its construction; a big advantage for transport. It does not have a separate outer case like the Grimaldi, but an integral construction, sometimes called false inner-outer, as it looks like an inner harpsichord in cypress with an outer case. Although the original instrument is anonymous, its atribution to Ferrini is probable, based on many details that Ferrini inherited from his master, Cristofori. Although not dated, the original is probably from the middle of the 18th century. It is interesting that the string length is shortened by a semitone compared to that of Cristofori (and also Grimaldi), so that the extra strings for playing at 415 have to be added in the bass.
 
The keys are somewhat lengthened compared to a typical 17th century harpsichord such as the Grimaldi, and the sharps are bevelled lke a modern piano. Some players find that these two features facilitate the playing of difficult 18th century music such as the more complicated Scarlatti sonatas. This is probably the type of instrument that Scarlatti would have used in the later part of his life.
 
Listen to the Ferrini harpsichord:

registers: 8'
registers: 8'+8'


from "TONY CHINNERY HARPSICHORDS"
 

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