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This
Harpsichord is by Joeseph Joannes couchet, of Antwerp 1680. The
alterations and additions are by Francois-Etienne Blanchet of the
Elder (Paris 1758) and by Pascal Taskin (Paris 1781). Now it is
located in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. |
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This
is a Couchet/Blanchet/Taskin photo showing finely painted garlands
over a gold leaf ground. |
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This
as another view of the Couchet/Blanchet/Taskin harpsichord. |
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This
is a soundboard view of the harpsichord Henri Hemsch in Paris, c.
1736. Now it is located in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. |
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Harpsichord
by Germian Paris. It was
photographed in the Shrine to Music museum. |
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Harpsichord
of Benoist Stehlin, Paris 1760. Now it is located in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. |
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This
is a view of the lid of Hemsch, 1736. |
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This
is a French Harpsichord of Germain Paris, France, c. 1600s. It was
photographed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. |
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This
is an anonymous French Harpsichord, c. 1600s. |
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Here
is another view of the previous anonymous French Harpsichord, c.
1600s. |
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Here
is a side view of the Hemsch harpsichord, c. 1736. |
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