Sounding Board Issue 5

British Harpsichord Society

ISSUE No. 5 – January 2012
Guest Editor – ANDREW WOODERSON
‘What is the future of Harpsichord Building?’

CONTENTS

  • News and Letters
  • Repairing a Baldwin Electric Harpsichord- EDMUND HANDY
  • Closing the Theeuws circle- MALCOLM ROSE
  • Music for Four Hands- MASUMI YAMAMOTO
  • First Early Keyboard Conference in Edinburgh- ANDREW WOOLLEY
  • The perils of playing historical instruments- LAURA TIVENDALE
  • Where are all the young builders?- SIMON NEAL
  • What’s the future of instrument making?- DAVID LAW
  • Copying historical instruments- ANDREW WOODERSON
  • Early Music Pioneers Archive

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Sounding Board Issue 4

British Harpsichord Society

ISSUE No. 4 – May 2011
Guest Editor – KATHARINE MAY

CONTENTS

  • Recollections of an Inspiring Teacher- KATHARINE MAY
  • Stephen Dodgson’s ‘Duo Concertante’- PAMELA NASH
  • New findings on the possible origins of the Scarlatti Sonatas in
    Münster: The role of Antonino Reggio- ANTHONY HART
  • Honouring Virginia Pleasants on her Centenary!- Dr. JOYCE LINDORF
  • The Flemish Harpsichord Society- LUDMILA TSCHAKALOVA
  • Trevor Beckerleg remembered- WILLIAM MITCHELL
  • Review of Colin Booth’s new book- PENELOPE CAVE
  • The Harpsichord U.A.V…an ingenious invention- MALCOLM MESSITER
  • Taskin’s scalings & Stringings revisited- Dr CLAUDIO DI VEROLI
  • Your Letters….and some of your Enquiries
    ..and finally the BHS Cake…………a Recipe!

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Sounding Board Issue 3

British Harpsichord Society

ISSUE No. 3 – November 2010
Guest Editor – PENELOPE CAVE

CONTENTS

  • Reading between the Lines,
    Couperin’s L’Art de toucher le clavecin- PENELOPE CAVE
  • ‘Whence comes this strange language?’- an attempt to
    understand the ‘character’ of Couperin’s Portraits- JANE CLARK
  • Writing Harpsichord Music Today- RAYMOND HEAD
  • We live in such fortunate times…- HELENA BROWN
  • The Gift of Music- Professor BARRY IFE
  • The BHS & BCS visit Christopher Hogwood’s Collection of
    historic instruments in Cambridge- Dr. MICAELA SCHMITZ
  • Historical Keyboard Instruments- the Vocal Ideal
    and other Historical Questions- PAUL Y. IRVIN
  • An Organ for the Sultan- MICHAEL ACKERMAN
    and finally
  • Your Queries and Questions…..hopefully answered

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Sounding Board Issue 2

British Harpsichord Society

ISSUE No. 2 – June 2010
Guest Editor – WILLIAM MITCHELL

CONTENTS

  • Modifying Modern Dampers for Historical Benefits- PAUL Y. IRVIN
  • Mystery, Beauty & Splendour, The Harpsichords of Vincent Tiabut- STEFAN CLAESSENS
  • The Harpsichord on the Minden Altarpiece (1425) & painting of a Clavicytherium by Geertgen Tot Sint Jans, born c1460/1465- ARNOLD DEN TEULING
  • The Harpsichord, an Important Part of the Musical History of Brasil- OLIVER SEEGER
  • HRH Stabs Kirkman!- PETER MOLE
    And finally…
  • A Special Birthday Cake for BHS Member CATHERINE ATTWOOD

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Sounding Board Issue 1

British Harpsichord Society

ISSUE No. 1 – January 2010
Guest Editor – PAMELA NASH

CONTENTS

  • Multiplier, Contemporary works for two harpsichords- PAMELA NASH
  • Alec Hodson 1900-1986, an early maker and pioneer- MICHAEL ACKERMAN
  • ‘New’ Baroque Harpsichord Music- GRANT COLBURN
  • After reading Glenn Modrak’s account (Jan.’08), a Member from Northampton reflects on his own experiences in building a Spinet- DAVID HACKETT
  • Problem solving during the making of a Harpsichord- IRVIN PHILLIPS
  • Harpsichordists at the Chateau Du Mont, in Normandy- JUDY ACTON

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