Zuckermann Harpsichords International

Harpsichords, clavichords, spinets and virginals ... closely based on the best extant antiques from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Finished Harpsichords, Clavichords, Virginals, and Spinet

The ZHI Moermans Flemish DoubleThese historically-based keyboard instruments owe their designs to the greatest of the classical builders, deriving from the most important periods and countries in the four-century history of the historical harpsichord: Italy, Flanders, France and Germany.

Here in our shop in Stonington, Connecticut, we build and decorate the finest instruments upon request according to traditional techniques. We work with authentic designs and materials to bring you a superb musical instrument, world-renowned for its structural stability, superbly responsive action and exquisite sound. For the past thirty years our instruments have been the first choice of world-class musicians and are used by the most prestigious orchestras, conservatories and universities around the globe. They are represented on over 250 recordings.

Our extensive catalogue of instruments is augmented by a wide range of decorative options. These include a variety of historical colors and wood finishes, and, where appropriate, gilding, marbleizing, soundboard painting, lid paintings and Flemish-style papers. We are ready to discuss the various options with you in order to create the instrument that best suits your needs.

Flemish double -- Moermans ... An "expressive" double ...

"Troubadour" Virginal ... For the working musician ...

French double -- Hemsch ... The French double ...

Flemish double -- Ruckers ... The members of the Ruckers family ...

French double -- Blanchet/Taskin ... This instrument ...

Flemish single -- Ruckers ... They produced ...

German double -- Vater ... The most intriguingly ...

German single -- Vater ... The most exotic ...

Flemish Muselaar -- Ruckers ... A virginal is a ...

Double fretted clavichord -- KOS ... Small fretted clavichords ...

Unfretted clavichord -- German 18th C. ... The clavichord is ...

Hubert Clavichord ... Christian Gottlob Hubert ...

Italian harpsichord -- Grimaldi ... Carlo Grimaldi, who ...

Italian harpsichord -- Neapolitan ... The virginal ... plucks ...

Italian virginal ... The virginal is a harpsichord ...

Bentside spinet -- Logan ... The Stonington shop was selected ...

ZHI Flemish Double

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  2Dec09

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