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The organ works of Bach, including this Passacaglia and Fugue, are appropriate to the harpsichord and were probably sometimes performed on such instruments in the early 18th century. In 1960, the organist E. Power Biggs approached the American harpsichord maker John Challis and engaged him to build a pedal harpsichord.
Harpsichord strings are plucked by a small quill, called the plectrum. When the key is released, the vibration/sound is stopped by a piece of felt. Unlike a piano, the notes sound at the same volume however lightly or heavily the key is pressed. Donated by Thomas Mairs, 2015. Cast Aluminum plated 5 tirasse pedals Half hitch pedal
And as the U.S. harpsichord industry gathered steam during the late 1940s–1950s, magazines and newspapers ran frequent stories on the builders, stimulating the market for custom instruments. By the early 1950s Detroit builder John Challis and Boston builders Frank Hubbard and William Dowd reported years-long waiting lists for their instru-ments.
Dec 5, 2014 · Summary. John Challis (1907–74) was one of the first American harpsichord and clavichord makers. He studied the techniques of harpsichord making with Arnold Dolmetsch in England. When he returned to the United States in 1930, he established a workshop in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He later moved his shop to Detroit and then to New York City.
Edward L. Kottick. Indiana University Press, 2003 - Music - 557 pages. A History of the Harpsichord brings together for the first time more than 200 photographs, illustrations, and drawings of harpsichords in public museums and private collections throughout Europe the United States. Edward L. Kottick draws on his extensive technical knowledge ...
May 15, 2013 · Posted by John Schauer on May 15, 2013 at 14:50:58 In Reply to: John Challis harpsichords- the hubris of wrong-minded engineering posted by Bambi B on September 14, 2008 at 08:09:07: I know everyone is entitled to their own taste and opinion, but I couldn't disagree more with your scathing appraisal of the Challis harpsichord.
The U.S. enthusiasts for harpsichord music are a small, fervent, growing body. John Challis is probably the only man in the world who, despite war, continues to manufacture the instrument.* Like most people interested in harpsichords, he is irritated by the lay notion that the instrument is a sort of Pleistocene piano.
