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The New Grove musical dictionary summarizes the earliest historical traces of the harpsichord: "The earliest known reference to a harpsichord dates from 1397, when a jurist in Padua wrote that a certain Hermann Poll claimed to have invented an instrument called the 'clavicembalum'; [1] and the earliest known representation of a harpsichord is a sculpture (see below) in an altarpiece of 1425 ...
Harpsichord with double keyboard. The inside of the lid is decorated with two original paintings depicting the battle between Apollo and Pan based on The Judgment of Midas by Hendrick Goltzius (1590). The front cover shows Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helicon. The exterior was repainted with red chinoiserie decoration in the 18th century.
Hieronymus Albrecht Hass (variants Haas, Hasse, Hase, Hasch) (1 December 1689 – 19 June 1752) (dates of baptism and burial) was a German harpsichord and clavichord maker. He was the father of Johann Adolph Hass, who also made harpsichords and clavichords.
Michael Mietke II (5 March 1702 – April/August 1754) was his son; he became harpsichord maker to the Königsberg court in 1728. [ 5 ] Georg[e] Mietke (31 January 1704 – 1770), also his son, left Berlin in 1729, moving to Danzig , and then in 1739 to Königsberg, where he had a licence to build 'Claviere, und musikalische Instrumenten' in 1747.
Notable makers born in German speaking states who emigrated to other countries are included here, but listed under the color of the building tradition in which they made their name. Harpsichord building was often considered a lesser side job for organ builders, while some few were specialized in either harpsichord or clavichord building. [1]
The Gräbner family were German harpsichord-, clavichord-, organ- and eventually piano makers from the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century. [1] They are best known for their harpsichords, which represent a mid-german style of building, distinct from the better known northern style as represented by Hass, Mietke and Zell.
Christian Zell (or Zelle) (c. 1683 [1] – 13 April 1763) was a German harpsichord maker. He was probably a pupil of harpsichord maker Michael Mietke . The first mention of him is in 1722 in the register of citizens of Hamburg , the city where he was to spend the rest of his life.
Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments. [1] He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two.