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AUTHOR | TITLE | PUBLICATION DETAILS | ISBN |
- | Das Berliner »Bach-Cembalo« — Ein Mythos und seine Folgen | Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung 1995 DEUTSCH |
3 922378 13 7 |
- | Colloqium — Restauratieproblemen van Antwerpse klavecimbels | Ruckers Genootschap/Frits Knuf 1971 | - |
- | John Joseph Merlin — The Ingenious Mechanick | Greater London Council 1985 | 7168 1582 6 |
- | Musik Instrumente aus dem Hessischen Landesmuseum in Darmstadt 16–19 Jahrhundert | Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt 1980 DEUTSCH |
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- | Oude klavecimbels, hun bouw en restauratie • Old harpsichords, their construction and restoration | Haags gemeentemuseum 1977 ENGLISH & NEDERLANDS |
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Albarda, Jan | Wood, Wire And Quill — An Introduction To The Harpsichord | The Coach House Press 1968 | - |
Beurmann, Andreas | Harpsichords and More | Georg Olms Verlag 2012 | 978 3 487 14469 6 |
Beurmann, Andreas | Historische Tasteninstrumente | Prestel Verlag München 2000 DEUTSCH |
3 7913 2309 1 |
Boalch, Donald H | Makers of the Harpsichord & Clavichord 1440–1840 | Macmillan Press Limited 1956 | - |
Boalch, Donald H | Makers of the Harpsichord & Clavichord 1440–1840 | Clarendon Press Oxford 1974 | 0 19 816123 9 |
Boalch, Donald H | Makers of the Harpsichord & Clavichord 1440–1840 | Clarendon Press Oxford 1995 | 0 19 318429 X |
Brauchli, Bernard | The Clavichord | Cambridge University Press 1998 | 0 521 63067 3 |
Brauchli, Bernard; Brauchli, Susan; Galazzo, Alberto [eds] |
De Clavicordio | Insituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte 1994 | - |
Brauchli, Bernard; Brauchli, Susan; Galazzo, Alberto [eds] |
De Clavicordio II | Musica Antica a Magano 1995 | - |
Brauchli, Bernard; Brauchli, Susan; Galazzo, Alberto [eds] |
De Clavicordio III | Musica Antica a Magano 1997 | 88 900269 0 1 |
Brauchli, Bernard; Brauchli, Susan: Galazzo, Alberto[eds] | De Clavicordio IV | Musica Antica a Magano 2000 | 88 900269 1 X |
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Moody, Ivan [eds] | De Clavicordio V | Musica Antica a Magano 2002 | 88 900269 2 8 |
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Moody, Ivan [eds] | De Clavicordio VI | Musica Antica a Magano 2004 | 88 900269 3 6 |
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds] | De Clavicordio VII | Musica Antica a Magano 2006 | 88 900269 4 4 |
Brauchli, Bernard; Galazzo, Alberto; Wardman, Judith [eds] | De Clavicordio VIII | Musica Antica a Magano 2008 | 978 88 900269 5 9 |
Brinsmead, Edgar | History of the Pianoforte | Novello, Ewer & Co 1879 | - |
Clemencic, Réné | Old Musical Instruments | Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1968 | 297 766406 3 |
Clinkscale, Martha Novak | Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 | Oxford University Press 1995 | 0 19 81632 1 |
Closson, Ernest | History of the Piano | Paul Elek 1976 | 0 236 17685 4 |
Cobbe, Alec & Nobbs, Christopher | Three Hundred Years of Composers' Instruments | Boydell Press 2014 | 978 18 438395 7 6 |
Dale, William | Tschudi: The Harpsichord Maker | Constable 1913 | - |
De Paepe, Timothy | Antwerp, City of Harpsichords | Museum Vleeshuis, Antwerpen 2018 | 978 9 0858676 5 4 |
Dirksen, Pieter [ed] | The Harpsichord and its repertoire — Proceedings of the International Harpsichord Symposium Utrecht 1990 | STIMU Foundation for the Historical Performance Practice, Utrecht 1992 | 90 72786 03 3 |
Dufourcq, Norbert | Le Clavecin | Presses Universitaires de Paris 1967 FRANÇAIS |
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Gutmann, Veronika | Das Virginal des Andreas Ryff (1572) | Baumann & Cie, Banquiers DEUTSCH |
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Haake, Walter | Am Klavier — Werke Europäischer Maler aus sechs Jahrhunderten | Karl Robert Langewiesche NachfolgerHans Köster Königstein im
Taunus 1968 DEUTSCH |
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Harding, Rosamond E M | The Piano-Forte — Its History traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851 | Cambridge 1933 | - |
Helenius-Öberg, Eva | Svenskt Klavikordbygge 1720–1820 | Almquist & Wiksell 1986 SVENSKA |
91 22 00822 5 |
Hellwig, Friedemann | Atlas der Profile an Tasteninstrumenten vom 16. bis zum frühen 19. Jahrhundert | Verlag E Bochinsky 1985 DEUTSCH |
3 923639 65 1 |
Henkel, Hubert | Kielinstrumente | VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig 1979 DEUTSCH |
3 920 112 75 X |
Hipkins, A J | A Description and History of the Pianoforte and of the Older Keyboard Stringed Instruments | Novello, Ewer & Co 1896 | - |
Hipkins, A J | Musical Instruments Historic, Rare and Unique | A and C Black 1945 | - |
Hirt, Franz Josef | Meisterwerke des Klavierbaus — Stringed Keyboard Instruments | Urs Graf Verlag 1981 DEUTSCH & ENGLISH |
3 85951 135 1 |
Hirt, Franz Josef | Stringed Keyboard Instruments 1440–1880 | Boston Book & Art Shop 1968 | - |
Hubbard, Frank | Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making | Harvard University Press 1978 | 0 674 88845 6 |
Huber, Alfons [ed] | Das Österreichische Cembalo — 600 Jahre Cembalobau in Österreich | Hans Schneider DEUTSCH & ENGLISH |
3 7952 1039 9 |
Hummel, Jörg-Dieter | Friedrich Ring—Der vergessene Instrumentenbauer aus dem Elsaß und sein Clavicymbal von 1700 | Verlag J P Himmer 1976 DEUTSCH |
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James, Philip | Early Keyboard Instruments from their beginnings to the year 1820 | Frederick A Stokes NY 1930 | - |
Kjeldsberg, Peter Andreas | Piano i Norge | C Huitfeldt Forlag 1985 NORSK |
82 7003 060 0 |
Kottick, Edward L | A History of the Harpsichord | Indiana University Press 2003 | 0 253 34166 3 |
Kottick, Edward L & Lucktenburg, G | Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums | Indiana 1995 | 0 253 33239 7 |
Laborde, Jean-Baptiste de [Grannis, E Ann trans] | The Electric Harpsichord with a New Theory of the Mechanism and Phenomena of Electricity | Americole 1979 | - |
Lambrechts-Douillez, Dr J | Antwerpse Klavicimbels — Oude Muziek Herleeft | Actuele Onderwerpen 1970 NEDERLANDS |
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Lambrechts-Douillez, Jeannine | Hans Ruckers (1598): Sichter van een klavecimbelatelier van wereldformaat in Antwerpen • Founder of a harpsichord workshop of universal importance in Antwerp | Alamire 1998 NEDERLANDS, ENGLISH, FRANÇAIS & DEUTSCH |
90 6853 136 0 |
MacSweeney, Pauline | Harpsichord Making in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century | Royal Irish Academy 1983 | - |
Martin, Darryl; Nex, Jenny; Whitehead, Lance; O’Brien, Grant | Aspects of Harpsichord Making in the British Isles | Pendragon Press 2009 | 978 1 57647 153 5 |
Mercier, Philippe [ed] | La facture de clavecin du XVe au XVIIIe siècle | Institut Supérieur d’Archéologie et d’Histoire
de l’Art, Louvain-la-Neuve 1980 FRANÇAIS |
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Mercier-Ythier, Claude | Les Clavecins | éditions Vecteurs 1990 FRANÇAIS |
2 87788 006 0 |
Montagu, Jeremy | The World of Baroque & Classical Musical Instruments | Jacaranda Press 1979 | 0 7016 1269 X |
Montagu, Jeremy | The World of Medieval & Renaissance Musical Instruments | Ure Smith 1976 | 0 7254 0314 4 |
Montagu, Jeremy | The World of Romantic & Modern Musical Instruments | Jacaranda Press 1981 | 0 7016 1456 0 |
Morales, Luisa [ed] | Cinco Siglos de Música de Tecla Española • Five Centuries of Spanish Keyboard Music | Asociación Cultural LEAL ESPAÑOL & ENGLISH |
978 84 611 8235 |
Moreno, Salvador | La Imagen de la Musica en México | Artes de México 1972 ESPAÑOL, ENGLISH, & FRANÇAIS |
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Mould, Charles; Mole, Peter & Strange, Thomas | Jacob Kirkman, Harpsichord Maker to Her Majesty | Lulu 2016 | - |
Neupert, Hanns | The Clavichord | Bärenreiter 1965 | - |
Neupert, Hanns | Vom Musikstab zum modernen Klavier | Das Musikinstrument, Frankfurt 1960 DEUTSCH |
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O’Brien, Grant | Ruckers — A harpsichord and virginal building tradition | Cambridge University Press 1990 | 0 521 36565 1 |
Pollens, Stewart | A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments | Cambridge University Press 2022 | 978 1 108 42199 7 |
Pollerus, Heidelinde | Tasteninstrumente als kunsthistorische Objekte — Cembalo, Clavichord, Spinett, Virginal „Meine Seele hört im Sehen“ | Leykam Verlag 2018 DEUTSCH |
978 3 7011 0408 6 |
Pols, Andre M | De Ruckers en de Klavierbouw in Vlaanderen | Nederlandsche Boekhandel 1942 NEDERLANDS |
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Praetorius, Michael [Crookes, David Z (trans & ed)] |
Syntagma Musicum II | Clarendon Press 1991 | 0 19 816260 X |
Rieche, Christiane [ed] | Kielinstrumente aus der Werkstatt Ruckers | Händel-Haus Halle 1998 DEUTSCH |
3 910019 12 9 |
Rindlisbacher, Otto | Das Klavier in der Schweiz: Klavichord • Spinett • Cembalo • Pianoforte — Geschichte des Schweizerischen Klavierbaus 1700–1900 | Francke Verlag 1972 DEUTSCH |
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Ripin, Edwin M | The Instrument Catalogs of Leopoldo Franciolini | Joseph Boonin, Inc 1974 | 0 913574 09 0 |
Ripin, Edwin M [ed] | Keyboard Instruments — Studies in Keyboard Organology, 1500–1800 | Dover 1977 | 0 486 23363 4 |
Ripin, Edwin M; Wraight, Denzil; O’Brien, G Grant; Ferguson, Howard; Caldwell, John; Schott, Howard; Dowd, William | The New Grove Early Keyboard Instruments | W W Norton & Company 1989 | 0 393 30515 5 |
Russell, Raymond | The Harpsichord and Clavichord | Faber & Faber 1979 | 0 571 04795 5 |
Ruth-Sommer, Hermann | Alte Musikinstrumente — Ein Leitfaden für Sammler | Richard Carl Schmidt & Co 1916 DEUTSCH |
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Sachs, Curt | Das Klavier | Verlag Julius Bard Berlin 1923 DEUTSCH |
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Samoyault-Verlet, Colombe | Les facteurs de clavecins Parisiens — Notices biographiques et documents (1550–1793) | Société FranÐaise de Musicologie 1966 FRANÇAIS |
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Schott, Howard [ed] | The Historical Harpsichord vol.I | Pedragon Press 1984 | 0 918728 29 0 |
Schott, Howard [ed] | The Historical Harpsichord vol.II | Pedragon Press 1987 | 0 918728 54 1 |
Schott, Howard [ed] | The Historical Harpsichord vol.III | Pedragon Press 1992 | 0 945193 26 2 |
Schott, Howard [ed] | The Historical Harpsichord vol.IV | Pedragon Press 2002 | 0 945193 75 0 |
Steiner, Thomas [ed] | Instruments à claviers — expressivité et flexibilité sonore • Keyboard Instruments — Flexibility of Sound and Expression | Peter Lang AG 2004 FRANÇAIS & ENGLISH |
978 3 03910 244 0 |
Toffolo, Stefano | Antichi Strumeni Veneziani 1500–1800: Quattro Secoli di Liuteria e Cembalaria | Arsenale Editrice 1987 ITALIANO |
88 7743 007 9 |
Tournay, Jean | Archives Dulcken vol I | Musée Instrumental Bruxelles | 3 7952 0546 8 |
van Dijck, Lucas & Koopman, Ton |
The Harpsichord in Dutch Art before 1800 | De Walburg Pers 1987 ENGLISH & NEDERLANDS |
90 6011 546 5 |
Vandervellen, Pascale | Clavecins, épinettes et Virginals • Klavecimbels, Spinetten en Virginalen • Harpsichords, Spinets and Virginals | Mardaga 2000 FRANÇAIS, NEDERLANDS & ENGLISH |
2 87009 733 6 |
Vanderwellen, P [ed] | The Golden Age of Flemish Harpsichord Making — a Study of the MIM’s Ruckers Instruments | Musical Instruments Museum Brussels 2017 | 978 9 0901 0838 4 |
Wraight, Denzil | Vincentius and the earliest harpsichords | Early Music reprint 1986 | - |
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