Dr. DENZIL WRAIGHT
Maker of Italian Keyboard Instruments
As a specialist on Italian harpsichords and maker of other string keyboard instruments, I offer a synthesis of research on their history with the building of new instruments to meet your requirements.
recently published
Was Farinelli the first owner of Maria Bárbara's 1730 Ferrini piano?.
You can inform yourself about my thesis and other publications on Italian instruments including stringing with Nuremberg wire.
See the range of Italian instruments I make including
harpsichords with split sharps, a cimbalo cromatico, polygonal and rectangular virginals, Cristofori fortepianos, a Renaissance chamber organ (organo di legno), and north
of the Alps a Gräbner harpsichord.
The treatment of bird quill plectra for reduced wear and improved performance
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