Keyboard instrument making
The making of keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and clavichords. See the separate entries for piano making and organ building.
| Status | Currently viable |
| Craft category | Instruments |
| Historic area of significance | |
| Area currently practised | UK |
| Origin in the UK | |
| Minimum no. of craftspeople required | |
| Current no. of trainees | |
| Current no. of skilled craftspeople | |
| Current total no. of craftspeople | 16 businesses (harpsichords) |
History
Techniques
Local forms
Sub-crafts
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Clavichord making
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Harpsichord making
Issues affecting the viability of the craft
Support organisations
- British Harpsichord Society. The website provides a list of UK harpsichord makers, as well as a list of suppliers of harpsichords in kit form, accounts of building harpsichords from scratch, availability of technical drawings of historic instruments and sources of various materials and accessories.
Craftspeople currently known
The British Harpsichord Society provides the following list of UK makers
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Peter Barnes – http://www.peterbarnesharpsichords.com/
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Colin Booth – http://www.colinbooth.co.uk/
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Guill Clark – https://peckhamharpsichords.co.uk/
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Robert Deegan – http://www.deeganharpsichords.com
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Dolmetsch – http://www.dolmetsch.com/ourharpsichords.htm
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Andrew Garlick – http://www.garlick-harpsichords.co.uk
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Alan Gotto – http://www.dsn.co.uk/agotto
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Michael Johnson – http://www.michaeljohnsonharpsichords.co.uk
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Darryl Martin – http://www.darryl-martin.co.uk
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William Mitchell – http://www.harpsichords.co.uk
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Robert Morley – http://www.morleypianos.com
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The Music Room Workshop – http://www.musicroomworkshop.co.uk
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Stephen Robinson Spinets – http://www.robinsonspinets.co.uk/
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Malcolm Rose – http://www.malcolm-rose.com
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Huw Saunders – http://www.harpsichordmaker.co.uk
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Andrew Wooderson – http://www.woodersonharpsichords.co.uk
Other information