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Re: "I built a harpsichord kit when I was 15." Was it a Zuckerman, like I did?

Posted by Bambi B (A) on March 22, 2007 at 13:12:10

In Reply to: "I built a harpsichord kit when I was 15." Was it a Zuckerman, like I did? posted by clarkjohnsen on March 22, 2007 at 09:01:55:

Clark,

Today, I have a Zuckermann Flemish single, that I rebuilt in 1986. It had been put together with completely plain case and a painter friend decorated the soundbaord and case, and I restrung and voiced it. When I was 15 I built a Burton Flemish which I wish I still had, as my Zuckermann has a GG/BB short octave uip to d''' and the Burton was FF-f'''- almost as wide a range as harpsichords ever got. The Burton is in Belgium now and I really had fun with it in my school art class I made linoeum blocks and printed my own imitation Flemish "seahorse "paper. Both these have an 8' and a 4' but I would really prefer 2 X 8' stops. Someday, I hope there is a French double in my future, but overall I actually prefer the Flemish timbre- articulate as can be whereas the French sound can force too much of a lush, rich timbre onto the music.

I also built a Zuckermann small fretted clavichord in the mid -80's which is tonally excellent, but the range is only 45 notes and I plan someday to get a big Hass or Hubwert copy with at least GG to d'''.

What model Zuckermann did you have? Do you still have a harpsichord?

My next instrument purchase will be a Rodgers or Allen church organ. I took organ lessons at university- do you know the organist George Guest?- but I haven't played in years as I don't have anywhere to practice.

I was also reluctant to buy the Bach complete works- I have 100's of Bach LPs, 78's, and CD's with performaces, that like you, I accumulated over many years and several countries- I've lived in 4, and really I have 7 or 8 Golbergs, - perhaps 300 LPs of the organ works and actually nearly all the Cantatas- remember the old blue cloth box Archivs? Those performances include Emma Kirkby and some really good singers. But, with all the recordings I have, and the many, many recitals I've attended, I knew that there are quite a number of pieces by Bach I'd never heard and $107 must just be chalked up as an educational expense. I haven't kept a tally, but I would estimate I've heard 15-20 peices I think I've never heard or at least don;t remember hearing, plus I 'm rediscivering some pieces that revice mt interest that aren't heard often- like the Sonatas on harpsichord. Aalso, a different persepctive is always welcome- I never tire of new versions of the English Suites.

I agree completely that one gets a far more musically intense experience with the selected perrformances, but as I mentioned it's the knwoledge that I have access to everything- and the recordings are rally quite listenable with a few very nice performances.

I'd be more reluctant to buy a complete Beethoven as I'm far too particular abou the piano works, Symphonies, and the Quartets which are what I listen to mostly. Mahler, too of course I lke some conductors fro all of them- I can take Bernstein fro everything, but of course each Symphony is too indiviualistic to stay with only one performance or conductor.

A couple of complete sets though I would like to have: Grieg "Lyric Pieces", Medelssohn "Lieder ohne Worte", all the Haydn Quartets, and if the singers were really good, someday I'd like to hear every Schubert Lieder- that would be a big box too!

I had a history don who mentioned that he's almost never read Dickens, that he was "saving" him for his retirement!- and I thought then this was a stylish attiude, but I shouldn't like to wait- my dictum is, "Life is short and Art is big"!

Cheers,

Bambi B

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