To my dear readers, I would like to make out a desperate plea ! For a modern/revival style of harpsichord. It is something I really require to push my abilities as a contemporary harpsichordist.

I am looking for an instrument built in the 20th century, an instrument that most harpsichordists would turn their noses up at, due to the many historical flaws. I require:

Essentials

16' Stop
Pedals

Perfect Instruments
Any Pleyel with a 16' - ideally the Landowska Model
Neupert
Challis

Please please do contact me if you can help ! Many thanks.


The general attitude towards the revival harpsichord, is something I find greatly upsetting. In the 20th century we were given an almost entirely new instrument. An instrument that composers of the day set about to creating beautiful new music for it. As time progressed attitudes changed, and the emphasis was so strongly on the historic reproduction, that the revival style instruments fell completely out of fashion and popularity. They became something of a laughable subject. However ! I feel the instrument has wonderful potentials, not for early music but for new exciting music ! I am desperate to own my own modern type of instrument so hopefully somebody out there can help !