The Harpsichord's Historical Pickle

The harpsichord has certainly suffered from the slings and arrows of historical fortunes. In this video I look at how the rise of the piano and later the early music movement left us with a historical pickle which needs some clever players and manufacturers to find a solution for. It remains an amazing instrument which I've enjoyed writing for several times in recent year.

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Thanks so much to Tamar Halperin for contributing both her thoughts and excerpts of two harpsichord pieces for this video.

Research
Chris Cutler's excellent podcast treads much of the same ground as I do here, with more examples:
https://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20150429/12probes_transcript_eng.pdf

The Omniwerk
https://bachtrack.com/article-omniwerk-jukka-ollikka-jonte-knif

Mahan Esfahani
Championing the Misunderstood Harpsichord
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/gramophone-guest-blog/championing-the-misunderstood-harpsichord

Vlogging my 'plucked strings' piece, 'Death is a Friend of Ours'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GvvqVC1D-8

Excerpts from my Glyndebourne opera 'Nothing' which featured harpsichord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5oWvAvrNNY

Research on the decibel changes when playing the harpsichord
http://www.dafx.ca/proceedings/papers/p_115.pdf

Видео The Harpsichord's Historical Pickle канала David Bruce Composer