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Michael Connolly Staff Writer Michael Connolly writes: Although the harpsichord resembles a smaller, more ornate version of a modern piano, it produces sound in a markedly different way. Instead of striking strings with a felt-covered hammer as the modern piano does, the harpsichord 'plucks' its single strings using a plectrum made from quill or, in recently built instruments, plastic. The resulting tone, which is thin, bright, and quick to decay, is the signature sound of Baroque keyboard music. Jack Peters in his Seattle workshop with his scratch-built clavicytherium, a late 1400's design While a modern piano's cast metal frame, interchangeable parts, and high demand make mass production both feasible and desirable, the same is not true of the harpsichord. Zager Evans In The Year 2525 Free Mp3 Download.

Instead, harpsichords are generally built as they always were: slowly, painstakingly, and by the hands of a single person - or a few at most. Longtime Seattle resident Jack Peters has been building harpsichords and other early keyboard instruments for more than thirty years, and he was happy to spend a morning answering my questions and showing me around his workshop. 'I don't recommend this trade.' Jack Peters smiles ruefully as he says it. I sit in his living room, surrounded by harpsichords, spare parts, strings, and hundreds of books about the instrument's history.

Harpsichord paraphernalia is scattered everywhere I look. But there is a certain order within this chaos, and, despite his stern warning, a certain twinkle in Jack's eye. The harpsichord's jack-and-plectrum action plucks the strings instead of striking them, creating a sharp, bright tone and a 'snappy' keyboard feel. In a converted three-car garage behind his modest home on the north end of Seattle, Jack builds harpsichords, clavichords, and virginals, all historical keyboard instruments whose designs date from the late 1400s to the 1800s. Jack generally builds 'historically correct' instruments, meaning that the design and construction of the instrument is as close to the original as practical. Using homemade tools, more than 70 species of wood, and sometimes no more than a painting as a guide, Jack is able to recreate instruments from more than 500 years in the past. It's a demanding craft, and lonely at times, but it's a good fit for Jack's lifelong curiosity, musicianship, and love for the sound of unusual instruments.

The early years: pipe organs and beyond Jack's interest in keyboard instruments started early: at the age of ten, he became fascinated by his church's pipe organ, guarded over fiercely by a stern organist. 'Much more than playing it,' Jack says, 'I wanted to know what went on inside. So when the organist opened the door to where the pipes were, it was like she was opening Pandora's box.' Homemade 'rosette' cutter. At the age of 16, Jack decided that the best way to circumvent the church organist's strict rules was to build his own pipe organ.

With his father's help, Jack began to build wooden 'flue' pipes, the most basic and versatile type of organ pipe. 'The big breakthrough came,' Jack says, 'when I got a call from an organ builder whom I didn't know terribly well.

He'd lost his lease on his storage facility and he needed to get rid of three pipe organs right away!' A few phone calls later, the builder dumped several truckloads of organ pipes, keyboards, and windchests in front of Jack's parents' house.