French Double Manual
Harpsichord
French double manual harpsichord built by Earl Russell (Oberlin, Ohio 1980) after François-Étienne Blanchet II and Pascal Taskin.
Disposition: 2x8’ registers, 1x4’ register, with a shove coupler. This instrument transposes 415/440, includes a buff stop, as well as jack regulation adjustment screws underneath the instrument. The compass is FF-g’’’.
French Double manual
harpsichord
French double manual harpsichord built in Joplin, Missouri 1970’s from Hubbard kit.
Disposition: 2x8’ registers, 1x4’ register, 1x Peau de Buffle register, with a shove coupler. Once restored, the instrument will be single transposing 415/440, and include a buff stop. The compass is FF-g’’’. This instrument is currently being restored by Grant & Dylan Sanzenbacher in Warren, Ohio.
Neapolitan Italian harpsichord
Zuckermann Neapolitan Italian harpsichord restored by Richard Kingston in the early 2000’s.
Disposition: 2x8’ registers, both able to be played as solo stops. The compass is C-d’’’ with a short octave in the bass, tuned a=415. This instrument has new wood jacks beautifully made by Jacob Kaeser of New London, Connecticut, which replaced the original plastic Zuckermann jacks.