
Originally Posted by
angelonyc
I fell in love with the sound of a harpsichord as a teenager in the mid 60's. Although I lived in the Northshore of Boston, Ma. I found a place in NYC store- Zuckerman Harpsichords. They sold Clavichords and Harpsichords.. Completed and also as kits. Because of finances, I bought the Clavichord kit, which of course is a completely different instrument.. The kit now sells for about 50 X the price I paid 50 years ago. I also a contact mike inside the soundboard, to amplify it, and use in our rock band. We could now play The Yardbirds song 'For Your Love'.
Some well to do friends of my brothers lived in what was originally a 'sea captain's house' in Beverly, Ma. right on the ocean. They bought a very expensive harpsichord.. mostly for looks in their 'sitting room'.. Every time I visited I would play my rendition of 'Greensleeves' because of the harpsichord, classical type counter point, which was the only thing I could play, that sounded 'authentic' on that instrument. Oh what a beautiful sound. An acoustic instrument, like a harpsichord, just sounds so much better in 'real life', than on a recording..
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