Baroque Keyboards

WORKSHOP ON MAINTAINING HISTORICAL PIANOS, HARPSICHORDS, AND CLAVICHORDS

In Association With Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Academy of Fortepiano Performance

June 8 -10, 2022
Location:
Piano Performance Museum Doctorow Center for the Arts
7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY 12442.

Participants will work side-by-side with expert technicians on museum-quality original and reproduction keyboard instruments. This workshop offers an opportunity to gain an understanding of the unique structure and mechanism of historical keyboard instruments as well as the basics of repairs, regulation and tuning.

Tuition $300, including 2 nights (single occupancy, $50 off for double occupancy) 7 meals

HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:
Examine instrument structure, material, and mechanism
Disassemble and reassemble instrument parts
Regulate instrument action
Tune instruments into different pitches and temperaments
Locate instrument problems, identify causes, and try out repair strategies.

TO APPLY (BY MAY 15): https://forms.gle/yceCVSoxwEM8kHKQ6

INSTRUMENTS:
Antiques

Graf Fortepiano, Vienna 1826
Clementi Square Piano, London 1803
Broadwood Grand Piano, London 1842 – 1846
Pleyel pianino, Paris 1840
Erard Frères Grand Piano, Paris 1873
American square pianos, 19th Century

Replicas
Walter Fortepianos, ca. 1785
Stein Fortepiano, ca. 1783, Philip Belt
Harpsichords, French, Italian by Hubbard, Dowd, etc.

Clavichords

FACULTY:
Richard Hester, fortepiano builder, piano conservation specialist
Masayuki Maki, Historical Keyboard Collection, The Juilliard School

IDEAL FOR:
Piano technicians
Piano technology students
Historical keyboard collectors and curators
Historical keyboard performers
And more …

The Academy of Fortepiano Performance website:
https://www.academyfortepiano.org/

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Please join Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at Naumburg Shell. We are honored to have one of our 1993 Way Franco-Flemish Double being played. You can view Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra's website below for further information

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We are now offering harpsichords for sale. More information to come soon!

Harpsichords for Sale Baroque Keyboards has been New York City's leading provider of world class harpsichords for more than 50 years. Our instruments are maintained by New York's top tier technicians, who have reviewed and certified our our selection of harpsichords for sale as professional grade.

It has been a long time since we have updated this page, but we will start posting more updates as time goes by. We will try to use this page to share our news, views, considerations, insights and our network with you.

As many of you know, our first piece of news to be shared is that the founder of Baroque Keyboards llc, world class performer and pioneer in the NYC baroque community, Edward Brewer passed away on April 3, 2020.

He departed this world peacefully in the loving company of his wife Virginia and daughter Diana at his side at home.

He is missed every day. Yet, his passion, courage, artistry and commitment to baroque music live in the hearts of those who knew him, and the baroque community at large.

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Sir James Galway, flute
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Parlance Chamber Concerts, 2016
Artistic Director: Michael Parloff

Mount Sinai Concerts for Patients

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The Jackson Heights Beautician Project presented "The Brandenburg Project," beautifully performed in in November 2015.

Our 87 Way French double was used.

November 22, 2015
Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D major I.Allegro

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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #5 I.Allegro JHO players & friends .Mark's Church in Jackson Heights, NY, 2015.Nov 22. Jeffrey Ellenberger violin soloist, Edit Nagy flute soloist, Jonathan Salamon ha...