Hire Instrument Gallery

The Ottavina after Anon late C17th Italian, MI263 Germanisches Nationalmuseum

The most compact real harpsichord

The Neapolitan Harpsichord after Giovanni Natale Bocalari, 1679

Exciting, driving sound in a small footprint

The Italian Harpsichord after Grimaldi

Ideal for accompaniment

The Ruckers Double Harpsichord

Our most versatile instrument, with a rich and powerful voice

The French Double Harpsichord after Blanchet

The consummate harpsichord

The Fortepiano after Stein

The keyboard of the Classical masters

The
Continuo
Organ

All wooden pipes to accompany everything from solo recorder to choral masterworks

The
Regal

The snarl of the underworld

2 x 4⁠´, no buff
Both registers movable

2 x 8⁠´, no buff
Both registers movable

2 x 8⁠´, no buff
Both registers movable

2 x 8⁠´, 1 x 4⁠´, buff on back 8⁠´
Stop registers worked by levers through nameboard

2 x 8⁠´, 1 x 4⁠´, buff on back 8⁠´
Stop registers and buff worked by levers through nameboard

8⁠´, 4⁠´, 2⁠´, 1 1⁄ 3⁠´
Divided stop registers
(Quint to treble only)

8⁠´

One 48-note
bone & ebony-slipped keyboard
C,D–c'''

One 49+1-note
boxwood & walnut keyboard
C–c'''

One 56+1-note
boxwood & walnut keyboard
GG–d'''

Two 56+1-note
reverse keyboards
GG–d'''

Two 61-note
reverse keyboards
FF–f'''

One 61+1-note
reverse keyboard
FF–f'''

One 54-note
reverse keyboard
C–f'''

One 54-note
reverse keyboard
C–f'''

5 23⁄ 32˝
429mm

6 7⁄ 16˝
491mm

Strung in Birkett Yellow Brass

Strung in Birkett Yellow Brass

Strung in Birkett Yellow Brass

Strung in Birkett Red & Yellow Brass, and P-wire

Strung in Birkett Red & Yellow Brass, and P-wire

Strung in Malcolm Rose Red & Yellow Brass, and Soft Iron wire

All wooden pipes

Brass resonators,
shallots & tongues

Traditional weighted cherry jacks with holly tongues, wire springs & Canada goose quill, working in box guide

Traditional beech jacks, weighted, with boar bristle springs & Canada goose quill, working in box guide

Traditional beech jacks, weighted, with boar bristle springs & Canada goose quill, working in box guide

Tapered pearwood jacks with holly tongues, boar bristle springs & Canada goose quill

Tapered pearwood jacks with holly tongues, boar bristle springs & Canada goose quill, working in leathered registers

Viennese action by Carey Beebe with kangaroo skin hammer coverings

Viennese action model by Philip Belt also available

Mechanical

Mechanical

European oak case

Self-contained 240V Laukhuff blower

European oak case

Self-contained 240V blower

Gothic-style soundboard rose by Janine Johnson

Handpainted Cabinet Maker’s Blue exterior, Philadelphia Blue interior

Hinges in cast brass

Gothic-style soundboard rose by Janine Johnson

Hand-rubbed oil finish

Hinges in iron

Soundboard painting by Diana Ford using Australian motifs in style of early I Ruckers

Gilded rose

Handpainted Forest Green exterior, Colonial Green interior, gilded mouldings, Ruckers-style brass hinges

Flemish papers to keywell and case rim

Soundboard painting after Collesse by Sheridan Germann

Gilded rose

Handpainted Soldier Blue case

Water gilt mouldings and keywell, oil gilt bands

Swell flap

Detachable music desk

No stand or stool

Cedar of Lebanon music desk

Turned beech stand

Cypress lid stick & music desk

Turned beech stand and matching lid sticks

Cypress music desk

Seven leg turned table stand in French oak

Matching music desk, lid sticks, and adjustable oak stool with buttoned leather seat

Six leg Louis-XVI stand with watergilt boxes and medallions

Matching stool with buttoned gold velvet seat

Australian dollar GST-inclusive prices effective 1 January 2025.
Prices and specifications subject to change without notice.
Please refer to the Hire Details page for important information.

† The Performance Fee for each instrument is inclusive of all charges (Hire, Return Transport, Insurance, Setup, Preparation & Tuning, as well as Interval Attendance if required)
for a weekday call of maximum five hours duration on site in the Sydney South Area (between Port Jackson and Port Hacking and as far west as Parramatta, including the CBD and Eastern suburbs).