2019 Carmel Bach Festival Early Keyboard Gallery
Copyright © 2019 CBH
2019 Carmel Bach Festival Early Keyboard GalleryCopyright © 2019 CBH |
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| INSTRUMENT | The Italian Harpsichord after Grimaldi | The Flemish Double Harpsichord | The Flemish Double Harpsichord | The Flemish Double Harpsichord after 1624 “Colmar” Ruckers | The Lautenwerk after Adlung’s description of an instrument by Johann Nikolaus Bach |
The Fortepiano after Mozart’s Geburtshaus Walter c1782 | The Continuo Organ |
The Continuo Organ |
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| CODE NAME | Grimaldi | Chinese Haas | Gray Haas | Colmar | Lautenwerk | Fortepiano | Organ I | Organ II | |||||||||||||||||
| DISPOSITION | 2 x 8´, no buff Both registers movable by stop levers on wrestplank |
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, buff on front 8´ |
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, buff on front 8´ Front 8´ dogleg with lower keyboard coupling, 4´ register worked by brass lever on wrestplank |
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, buff on back 8´ 4´ register worked by lever on wrestplank |
Double strung GG–f#' with 4´ to B, then single strung to d''', split buff to both keyboards, registers worked by brass levers through nameboard lower keyboard slides |
Double strung up to g', then triple strung | 8´, 4´, 2´, 11/3´ Divided stop registers (Quint to treble only) |
8´, 4´, 2´, 22/3´ Divided stop registers (Quint to treble only) |
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| RANGE | One 56+1-note boxwood & cherry keyboard with skunktail sharps GG–d''' |
Two 56-note keyboards with bone naturals, ebony-capped stained fruitwood sharps, & embossed parchment fronts GG–d''' |
Two 56-note keyboards with bone naturals, ebony-capped stained frutiwood sharps, & embossed parchment fronts GG–d''' |
Two 55-note reverse keyboards with bone-slipped sharps GG,AA–d''' |
Two 56+2-note reverse keyboards with ebony naturals, bone-slipped fruitwood sharps & pearwood arcades GG–d''' |
One 63-note reverse keyboard with bone-slipped ebony sharps, & gilded ebony keyfronts FF–g''' |
One 54-note reverse keyboard with cherry sharps C–f''' |
One 54+1-note reverse keyboard with snakewood sharps C–f''' |
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| TRANSPOSITION | A415/A440 | A415/A440 | A415/A440 | A415/A440 | A392/A415/A440 | A430 A440 capable |
A415/A440/A466 | A415/A440 | |||||||||||||||||
| STRINGING | Strung in US Yellow Brass wire, historic pins | Strung in US Red & Yellow Brass, and Malcolm Rose Soft Iron wire, zither pins | Strung in Malcolm Rose Red & Yellow Brass, and Soft Iron wire, zither pins | Strung in Malcolm Rose Red & Yellow Brass, and Soft Iron wire, historic pins | Strung in silver spun fiber core, gut & Nylgut mixture, historic pins |
Strung in Malcolm Rose Yellow Brass, and “B” Iron wire, zither pins | All wooden pipes | All wooden pipes | |||||||||||||||||
| ACTION | Traditional beech jacks with black Celcon plectra in oak boxguide | Tapered pearwood jacks with Canada goose quill plectra, black Celcon for 4´, working in box guide | Tapered pearwood jacks with Canada goose quill plectra, black Celcon for 4´, working in box guide | Tapered pearwood jacks with Canada goose quill plectra, black Celcon for 4´, leathered registers | Pearwood jacks with Celcon plectra, Canada goose for back 8´ | Viennese action with metal kapsels, complete backcheck Knee-operated dampers and moderator |
Mechanical | Mechanical | |||||||||||||||||
| CONSTRUCTION | False inner-outer construction with cypress inner case and limewood
exterior case, Swiss pine soundboard, walnut bridge, nut & wrestplank veneer |
Poplar case, Swiss pine soundboard, pearwood bridges, cherry nuts Frame & panel lid flap Spine toolbox |
Sitka spruce spine, poplar case, Swiss pine soundboard, pearwood bridges, cherry nuts Frame & panel lid flap Spine toolbox |
Lime case, lid & bottom, Italian alpine spruce soundboard, pearwood bridges & rails | Poplar case, Sitka spruce soundboard | Walnut veneered case, solid walnut lid, Sitka spruce soundboard | European cherry case Self-contained 110V blower |
European cherry case Self-contained 110V blower |
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| DECORATION | Hand-rubbed painted finish, Florentine decoration by Adrian Card Ornamental iron lid flap hinges |
Soundboard painting Gilded rose Chinoiserie exterior on green ground & chinoserie lid interior on maroon ground, bright mouldings Flemish papers to keywell & case rim |
Soundboard painting Gilded rose Handpainted grey casse, gilded mouldings & case bands Flemish papers to keywell & case rim |
Distressed soundboard painting in appropriate style Gilded rose Distressed handpainted grey case, bright mouldings, Ruckers-style brass hinges Distressed hand-printed Flemish papers to keywell and case rim Lid painting by Millicent Tomkins |
Rose carved directly into soundboard Chinoiserie by Pamela Gladding on black lacquer Gilded mouldings, case bands & stand mouldings Cast brass hinges
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French polished case Scrimshaw plaques for nameboard inscription & keycheek ornament |
Pierced panels to sides & back | Pierced panels to sides & back | |||||||||||||||||
| STAND & ACCESSORIES | Painted turned beech stand & lid stick Walnut music desk |
Painted turned trestle stand Matching music desk & lid stick |
Turned trestle stand in cherry Matching music desk & lid stick |
Turned trestle travel stand in ebonized mahogany Cherry music desk & lid stick |
Five-leg table stand with bottom skirt Stained mahogany music desk |
Five square tapered legs | Instrument rests directly on floor | Instrument rests directly on floor | |||||||||||||||||
| SIGNATURE | KEVIN FRYER • SAN FRANCISCO • 1988 | RONALD HAAS • APVT • APTOS • FECIT [1989] | [unsigned — |
[unsigned — KEVIN FRYER 2003] |
ANDEN HOUBEN • FECIT • 1997 | PHILIP BELT [1981] |
GC KLOP GARDEREN |
[unsigned — GC KLOP GARDEREN] |
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| PROVENANCE | Private ownership, San Francisco, CA |
Private ownership, |
Kevin Fryer Harpsichords | Kevin Fryer Harpsichords | Private ownership, Pebble Beach, CA † |
Private ownership, New York, NY † |
San Francisco Bach Choir | UC Berkeley | |||||||||||||||||
| CONCERT USE Subject to change |
Wed Intermezzi | Wed Mission concert; Mon & Tue Intermezzi; Best of the Fest | Sun concert; Thu Jul 18 concert; Best of the Fest | Thu Twilight in the Cathedral; Best of the Fest | Wed Foyer | Saturday concert; 17 Jul Twilight; Jul 27 recital; Best of the Fest | Sun concert; Best of the Fest | Wed Mission concert; Mon & Wed Intermezzi; Thu Twilight in the Cathedral; VBA Showcase; Best of the Fest | |||||||||||||||||
| All the early keyboard instruments (except †) are procured by Kevin Fryer Harpsichords. All early keyboards prepared throughout the Carmel season by Carey Beebe. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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