2024 Carmel Bach Festival Early Keyboard Gallery
Copyright © 2025 CBH
2024 Carmel Bach Festival Early Keyboard GalleryCopyright © 2025 CBH |
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| INSTRUMENT | The Flemish Single Harpsichord after 1635 Ruckers | The Flemish Double Harpsichord after 1624 “Colmar” Ruckers | The German Double Harpsichord after 1722 Johann Heinrich Gräbner |
The Continuo Organ |
The Continuo Organ |
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| DISPOSITION | 2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, no buff, registers worked by levers on wrestplank |
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, buff on back 8´ Stop registers worked by levers on wrestplank |
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, buff on front 8´ Stop registers worked by wooden levers on wrestplank |
8´, 4´, 2´, 11/3´ Divided stop registers (Quint to treble only) |
8´, 4´, 2´, 22/3´ Divided stop registers (Quint to treble only) |
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| RANGE | One 52-note keyboard with ebony naturals, bone-slipped stained cherry sharps, & pearwood arcades BB–d''' |
Two 55-note reverse keyboards with bone-slipped sharps GG,AA–d''' |
Two 58+1-note reverse keyboards with bone-slipped sharps FF–d''' |
One 54-note reverse keyboard with cherry sharps C–f''' |
One 54+1-note reverse keyboard with snakewood sharps C–f''' |
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| TRANSPOSITION | non-transposing A415 | A415/A440 | A415/A440 | A415/A440/A466 | A415/A440 | ||||||||||
| STRINGING | Strung in Birkett Red & Yellow Brass, and P-wire | Strung in Malcolm Rose Red & Yellow Brass, and Soft Iron wire | Strung in Birkett Red & Yellow Brass, and P-wire | All wooden pipes | All wooden pipes | ||||||||||
| ACTION | Tapered pearwood jacks with Canada goose quill plectra | Tapered pearwood jacks with Delrin plectra, working in leathered registers | Tapered pearwood jacks with Canada goose quill plectra | Mechanical | Mechanical | ||||||||||
| CONSTRUCTION | Poplar case, Italian spruce soundboard, beech & cherry bridges |
Lime case, lid & bottom, Italian alpine spruce soundboard, pearwood bridges & rails | Ponderosa pine case, lid & bottom, Norway spruce soundboard, maple bridge & rails | European cherry case Self-contained 110V blower |
European cherry case Self-contained 110V blower |
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| DECORATION | Soundboard painting by Janine Johnson Gilded rose Black case interior & exterior, bright mouldings, gilded lid bands Flemish papers to keywell & case rim |
Soundboard painting by Varnish craquelure Gilded rose Hand-printed Flemish |
Soundboard rose |
Pierced panels to sides & back | Pierced panels to sides & back | ||||||||||
| STAND & ACCESSORIES | Eight leg table stand in Claro walnut with concealed music drawer Matching music desk & lid stick |
Eight leg table stand Wenge music desk & lid stick |
Six leg table stand Matching maple music desk |
Instrument rests directly on floor | Instrument rests directly on floor | ||||||||||
| SIGNATURE | DOMINIC FAVIA FECIT CALIFORNIA [2021] | KEVIN FRYER • SAN FRANCISCO • 1998 |
JOHN MURDOCH PHILLIPS BERKELEY CALIFORNIA ANNO 2010 |
GC KLOP GARDEREN |
[unsigned — GC KLOP GARDEREN] |
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| PROVENANCE | Private ownership, |
Private ownership, Jackson, WY |
Private ownership, Palo Alto, CA |
San Francisco Bach Choir | UC Berkeley | ||||||||||
| CONCERT USE | Rehearsal & coaching instrument; Mon & Tue Foyer | Mon, Tue & Sat concerts; Thu Twilight in the Cathedral; Best of the Fest | Wed Mission Concert | Mon & Sat concerts; Best of the Fest | Wed Intermezzi; Wed Mission Concert; VBA Showcase | ||||||||||
| All early keyboards prepared throughout the Carmel Bach Festival season by Carey Beebe. | |||||||||||||||
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