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Robertson  
Harpsichords 

812-935-8016
403 W. Vine St. 
Ellettsvile, IN 47429 

tsrobert@bloomington.in.us

 

Theodore Robertson
Harpsichord Craftsman, Musician, Artist
"Harpsichords In The Style Of The Originals"

All instruments and works of art pictured here were individually crafted by Theodore Robertson.  Please browse through our photo gallery, clicking on a photo for a larger image.  This page may take a minute to load, because of the many pictures present. Some of the details of the large pictures are best viewed by setting your desktop resolution to 1024 x 768. When viewing the large pictures, maximize the window so that you may scroll the larger pictures to observe the exquisite details.   Theodore can also be commissioned for custom instruments, please contact us about this.


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Bentside spinet after Keene and Brackley with a scene of the Piazza St. Marco in Venice based on a painting by Canaletto.

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Bentside spinet lid painting after Canaletto

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This is a Muselar Virginal after Couchet 1650.  There is an oil painting illustration of "Apollo and the Muses" and "Psyche at the Palace of Cupid" both after the French artist Claude Gell'ee, called Le Lorrain 1600-1682.

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Another Muselar Virginal after Couchet 1650.  This one has an oil painting depicting "The Allegory for the Senses," after Breugel and Rubens.

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This is a copy of an Italian pentagonal virginal after Perticis.  Cypress was used for the case of this instrument and this wood was commonly used for cases of Italian instruments.

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Copy of the anonymous Clavicytherium (upright harpsichord) circa 1400.  It was the earliest known plucked keyboard instrument to survive.  This one is strung entirely in natural gut.  The painting is an oil painting of St. Augustine and the child on the shore.

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