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Harpsichord
Pasquino Querci
Florence
circa 1625
Inv.-Nr. 75
Instrument with quills exhibited in Baroque
from the instrument collection Alessandro Kraus
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Photographer: Janos Stekovics
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The Instrument bears a signature on the nameboard of Girolamo Zenti. Das Cembalo, signiert mit dem Namenszug von Girolamo Zenti, wurde in zahlreichen Publikationen unter dieser Herkunftsbezeichnung beschrieben. Nach neuesten Forschungen läßt es sich jedoch als Werk des Florentiner Cembalobauers Pasquino Querci identifizieren. The harpsichord here features special divided accidentals. Tuning systems of the 17th century were not meant for all 24 major and minor keys. Because divided accidentals make it possible to distinguish, for instance, between D-sharp and E-flat and G-sharp and A-flat, the tonal range of a given tuning system was considerably expanded. The drawbacks of an instrument with divided accidentals include time-consuming tuning and difficulty managing a differently-construed keyboard.
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