Annotated List of Instrumentsby Dr. R. Dean Anderson
The following list documents all extant harpsichords presently known to have been built or rebuilt in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also included are a few instruments that survived into the twentieth century but have since been lost or destroyed. The instruments in the annotated list are divided into three periods that coincide with the reigns of Louis XIV (1643-1715), Louis XV (1715-1774) and Louis XVI (1774-1793). Each period subdivides into three groups. The first includes instruments emanating from Paris, the hub of French musical activity during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the second, instruments from Lyon and the Rhône Valley, which exhibit many similarities; and the third, instruments from other French provinces. The instrument entries are arranged chronologically according to the first known (or supposed) date of work done on the instrument in a French workshop. Most undated instruments for which little information is available are grouped together at the end of each period division. Ascription to a particular time period (e.g., the seventeenth century) is based on an instrument's design, style of decoration, and/or relationship to other instruments. This list is a very much abbreviated version of an annotated list and essay on French harpsichords published in Early Keyboard Journal 19 (2001) 69-171 and 20 (2002) 107-195. For copyright reasons I am restricted in the information that can be supplied on the web. It is, however, hoped that most instruments will eventually be supplied with an accompanying photograph. Information in the instrument entries is organized according to the categories below. MAKER: The name of the maker, working in France, responsible either for building the original instrument or, in the case of a non-French harpsichord, for its initial rebuilding in a French workshop. The designation "ANON." is employed when no maker is identified on the instrument's name batten or soundboard and insufficient information is available to associate an instrument with a particular builder. When an anonymous instrument can be attributed, the maker's name is enclosed in square brackets. A question mark after a name within brackets distinguishes an ascription considered dubious. The designation "UNKNOWN" indicates that no information is available regarding the maker's identity. DATE: For a French instrument the date indicates the year of manufacture; for a non-French harpsichord, the year the instrument was initially rebuilt in a French workshop. Reconstructions of non-French instruments are indicated by the word "ravalement." A bracketed date indicates that the year of manufacture or rebuilding is known but does not appear on an instrument's name batten or soundboard. A question mark after a bracketed date denotes uncertainty about the dating. FLEMISH ORIGIN: The original maker and date of a Flemish instrument extended in compass and/or registers in a French workshop. The maker is identified by the initials carved into the rose. Square brackets are placed around the builder's name if no rose survives but the original Flemish maker has been determined. The word "fake" identifies a deliberately false ascription to a Flemish maker. OWNERSHIP: Present ownership and location of the instrument as well as information about its previous history, if known.
LOUIS XIV (1643-1715) Instruments from Paris A1 MAKER: [JEAN DENIS II] DATE: 1648 OWNERSHIP: Musée de l'Hospice St. Roch, Issoudun, France. A2 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Pre-1650 OWNERSHIP: Dr. Andreas Beurmann, Hamburg, Germany. Click for Photo A3 MAKER: [CLAUDE] JACQUET DATE: 1652 OWNERSHIP: John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida. A4 MAKER: LOUIS DENIS. This instrument is listed twice in Boalch, once correctly and once as an instrument of Pierre Denis II from 1674 (see Koster). DATE: 1658 OWNERSHIP: St. Germain-en-Laye, France. Collection Ambrogi. A169 MAKER: Girolamo Zenti DATE: ca. 1661-66 OWNERSHIP: Unknown. Offered for auction in December 2007. NOTE: This is a French single manual harpsichord constructed in the last period of Zenti's life when he resided in Paris. A5 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Ca. 1665 (only the canvas of a lid painting remains) OWNERSHIP: The Louvre, Paris; on loan to Musée municipal, Vire (Calvados), France. Click for Photo A6 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1667 OWNERSHIP: Edwin M. Ripin Collection held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Photo Link A7 MAKER: GIROLAMO ZENTI DATE: 1668 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.986.15.1). Information Link A8 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Ca. 1670 OWNERSHIP: Bate Collection, Oxford, England. Click for Photo Click for Photo A24 MAKER: [DUMONT?] DATE: 1673 (a lid painting by Pierre Patel) OWNERSHIP: Amanda Creamer (née Lennox), formerly of Downton Castle, Shropshire, England. On loan to the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff. A9 MAKER: PHILIPPE DENIS DATE: 1674 OWNERSHIP: Musée Lorraine, Nancy, France. Information & Photo Link A10 MAKER: LOUIS DENIS DATE: 1677 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.994.1.1). Photo Link A168 MAKER: Anonymous DATE: 1679 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. A11 MAKER: VAUDRY DATE: 1681 OWNERSHIP: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Photo Link Type 'Vaudry' in the search box and then click on the picture of the harpsichord which appears. A12 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Post-1681 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake H.R. 1612 OWNERSHIP: Musée Instrumental, Brussels, Belgium. A13 MAKER: NICOLAS DU FOUR DATE: 1683 OWNERSHIP: Marjorie T. Rawlins Collection located in the Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. Information Link A14 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Ca. 1685 OWNERSHIP: This instrument was destroyed in 1940 during the bombing of Rotterdam. A15 MAKER: [MICHEL RICHARD] DATE: 1688 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake H.R. 1613 OWNERSHIP: Rhode Island School of Design; presently on loan to the Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, Connecticut. A16 MAKER: PHILIPPE DENIS DATE: 1691 OWNERSHIP: Acquired by Eugène de Bricqueville around 1895. The last known reference to the instrument appears in a 1904 article by de Bricqueville (Gétreau). A17 MAKER: NICOLAS BLANCHET DATE: 1693 OWNERSHIP: Private, Paris, France. A18 MAKER: NICOLAS DUMONT DATE: 1697 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.774). Information & Photo Link A19 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1701 alignment FLEMISH ORIGIN: I.R. 1627 (double) OWNERSHIP: P. de la Raudière, Château de Villebon, Eure-et-Loir, France. A20 MAKER: [NICOLAS BLANCHET] DATE: 1701 ravalement FLEMISH ORIGIN: Johannes Couchet 1652 (originally, single manual 2x8' with three rows of jacks). OWNERSHIP: Private, Château du Touvet, France. A21 MAKER: NICOLAS DUMONT DATE: 1704 OWNERSHIP: Claude Mercier-Ythier, Paris, France. A22 MAKER: [NICOLAS BLANCHET?] DATE: 1706 ravalement FLEMISH ORIGIN: I.R. 1628 (double manual with extended chromatic bass). OWNERSHIP: Château, Versailles, France. Click for Photo A23 MAKER: NICOLAS DUMONT DATE: 1707 OWNERSHIP: Private, U. S. A. Photo Link A24 MAKER: [DUMONT?] See the entry after A8 A25 MAKER: [NICOLAS BLANCHET?] DATE: 1710 ravalement FLEMISH ORIGIN: A.R. II 1646 (double manual with extended chromatic bass). OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.979.2.1). Information & Photo Link A26 MAKER: NICOLAS BLANCHET DATE: Ca. 1715 OWNERSHIP: Huguette Dreyfus, Paris, France. A27 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Unknown for first ravalement FLEMISH ORIGIN: Undated J. J. Couchet (ca. 1680, single 1x8', 1x4', with extended bass). OWNERSHIP: Stiftelsen Musikkulturens främjande, Stockholm, Sweden. A28 MAKER: R[ICHARD?] DATE: Unknown OWNERSHIP: Owner and location unknown since 1954. A29 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Musée Instrumental, Brussels, Belgium. A30 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Present owner and location unknown. Formerly in the Planchat Collection. A31 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin, Germany. A32 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Undated ravalement, probably seventeenth century. FLEMISH ORIGIN: H.R. 1616 (double manual). The compass of the upper manual was F-f3 (at a pitch of R-4), and that of the lower manual GG-c3. OWNERSHIP: M. Nirouet, Paris, France. A33 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Ca. 1700-1710 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake I.R. 1620; built around a virginal soundboard. OWNERSHIP: Private, USA. Photo Link Photo Link A34 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth-century ravalement FLEMISH ORIGIN: [I.R.] 1624 (double manual). The compass of the upper keyboard was C/E-c3 and that of the lower manual C/E-f3. OWNERSHIP: Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France. Photo Link A35 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: Almost certainly a seventeenth-century French harpsichord later faked to be a ravalement of I.R. 162[7]. Click for Photo OWNERSHIP: Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, Connecticut. Photo Link The link is correct despite the misleading information on the website. A36 MAKER: [DENIS?] DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Private, France A37 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Private, U. S. A. A38 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Private, France A39 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Unknown A40 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Dr. Andreas Beurmann, Hamburg, Germany. Click for Photo LOUIS XIV (1643-1715) Instruments from Lyon and the Rhône Valley A41 MAKER: CLAUDE DU FOUR DATE: 1674 OWNERSHIP: Present owner and location unknown. Formerly owned by Samy Chalom of Paris, France. The instrument has not been seen since 1954. A42 MAKER: GILBERT DES RUISSEAUX DATE: [1678/79] OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.979.2.3). Photo Link A43 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1679 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. A44 MAKER: [CLAUDE LABRÈCHE] DATE: Post-1685 OWNERSHIP: Würtembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany. A45 MAKER: CLAUDE LABRÈCHE DATE: 1699 OWNERSHIP: Private, Beaulieu, Nice, France. A46 MAKER: D.F. [FRANÇOIS DONZELAGUE?] DATE: Ca. 1700 OWNERSHIP: Private, France Click for Photo Click for Photo A47 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: Ca. 1700 OWNERSHIP: Private, Grenoble, France. A48 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: Ca. 1700 OWNERSHIP: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. A49 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: Ca. 1700 OWNERSHIP: Château de la Baume, Prinsuejols, France. A50 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Ca. 1700 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. A51 MAKER: DONZELAGUE DATE: 1711 OWNERSHIP: Private, England. A52 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: Ca. 1711 OWNERSHIP: Mrs. Thomas, Ireland. A53 MAKER: [GILBERT DES RUISSEAUX] DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.996.33.1). Photo Link Type '996.33.1' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter A54 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Lost A55 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Villa Medici, Rome, Italy. A56 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: Unknown OWNERSHIP: Mr. A. Extermann, Geneva, Switzerland. A57 MAKER: "PUMMEL" DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Private, France. A58 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Seventeenth century OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.980.2.642). LOUIS XIV (1643-1715) Instruments from Other Provinces A59 MAKER: VINCENT TIBAUT DATE: 1679 OWNERSHIP: Musée Instrumental, Brussels, Belgium. A60 MAKER: [ANTOINE LE FEBVRE] DATE: Ca. 1680 OWNERSHIP: Tony Bingham, London, England. Click for Photo Click for Photo A61 MAKER: VINCENT TIBAUT DATE: 1681 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. Click for Photo Click for Photo A62 MAKER: VINCENT TIBAUT DATE: 1691 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.977.11.1). Information & Photo Link Type '977.11.1' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter. Then click on "Tibaut LOUIS XV (1715-74) A63 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Ca. 1717 OWNERSHIP: Private, unknown provenance. A64 MAKER: [BLANCHET] DATE: 1725 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. 1629 (à la Dowd, O'Brien = 1622) OWNERSHIP: GERMANY: Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt am Main. A65 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Ca.1725-50 FLEMISH ORIGIN: J.J. Couchet 1680 (single, 1x8', 1x4' with extended bass and 3 registers, GG/BB-f3, g3). OWNERSHIP: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Information & Photo Link Click on the tab 'Collections' and then type 'harpsichord' in the search box. Next, click on the picture of the harpsichord from 1680. A66 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1728 FLEMISH ORIGIN: A.R. 1628 OWNERSHIP: Dr. A. Beurmann, Hasselburg, Germany. Click for Photo A67 MAKER: PIERRE BELLOT DATE: 1729 OWNERSHIP: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chatres, France. Click for Photo A68 MAKER: [BLANCHET] DATE: 1730s FLEMISH ORIGIN: single manual attributed to J. Couchet ca.1645. OWNERSHIP: Alan Rubin, London, England. A69 MAKER: N. & F. BLANCHET DATE: 1730 OWNERSHIP: Charles Fisher, Framingham, Massachusetts. Click for Photo A70 MAKER: ANTOINE VATER DATE: 1732 OWNERSHIP: Private, South of France. A71 MAKER: [JEAN GOUJON] DATE: 1732 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake H.R. 1615 OWNERSHIP: Private, Marseille, France. A72 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1733 FLEMISH ORIGIN: H.R. 1612 (actually built by I.R.) OWNERSHIP: Musée d'Histoire Locale, Amiens, France. A73 MAKER: FRANÇOIS BLANCHET DATE: 1733 OWNERSHIP: Comte de la Panouse, Château de Thoiry, France. A74 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1734 OWNERSHIP: Private, USA. Photo Link A75 MAKER: FRANÇOIS BLANCHET DATE: 1736 OWNERSHIP: Claude Mercier-Ythier, Paris, France. A76 MAKER: HENRI HEMSCH DATE: 1736 (46?) OWNERSHIP: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Information & Photo Link Click on the tab 'Collections' and then type 'harpsichord' in the search box. Next, click on the picture of the harpsichord from 'probably 1736'. A77 MAKER: ANTOINE VATER DATE: 1737 OWNERSHIP: Private, England. A78 MAKER: [VATER?] DATE: 1737? OWNERSHIP: Ringve Museum, Trondheim, Norway. A79 MAKER: ANTOINE VATER DATE: 1738 OWNERSHIP: Mrs. Thomas, Ireland. A80 MAKER: JEAN GOERMANS I DATE: 1738 OWNERSHIP: Musikmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden. Photo Link A81 MAKER: LOUIS CHARLES BELLOT DATE: 1742 OWNERSHIP: Metropolitan Museum, New York. A82 MAKER: [JEAN GOUJON] DATE: pre-1745 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake H.R. I, 1590 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.233). Information & Photo Link Type '233' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter. Then click on "Clavecin / Goujon A83 MAKER: [JEAN GOUJON] DATE: 1745 FLEMISH ORIGIN: single I.R. 1632 into double OWNERSHIP: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Photo Link A84 MAKER: FRANÇOIS BLANCHET DATE: 1746 OWNERSHIP: Château, Versailles, France. Click for Photo Click for Photo A85 MAKER: SEBASTIEN GARNIER DATE: 1747 OWNERSHIP: Dr. Gerber, Hols, Belgium. A86 MAKER: JEAN GOERMANS I DATE: 1748 OWNERSHIP: Frederic Cunningham, Haverford, Pennsylvannia. A87 MAKER: JEAN GOERMANS I DATE: 1750 OWNERSHIP: Bate collection, Oxford, England. Click for Photo A88 MAKER: B[ENOIST] S[TEHLIN] DATE: 1750 OWNERSHIP: Musée Antoine Lécuyer, St. Quentin, France. A97 MAKER: ANON. DATE: 1750 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Non-Ruckers transposing double with HR rose inserted OWNERSHIP: Private, Brazil. Information & Photo Link Please follow the link to two antique harpsichords for sale and click on the Franco-Flemish double manual harpsichord. A89 MAKER: HENRI HEMSCH DATE: 1751 OWNERSHIP: Frederick Hass, Château de la Boulmié, Burlats, France. A90 MAKER: M[ICHEL] R[ICHARD] DATE: 1752 OWNERSHIP: Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France. A91 MAKER: [JEAN GOUJON] DATE: 1753 FLEMISH ORIGIN: I.R. 1627 (double with original extended bass compass, GG-c3 on the lower manual). OWNERSHIP: Private, England. A92 MAKER: JEAN GOERMANS I DATE: 1754 OWNERSHIP: Metropolitan Museum, New York. A93 MAKER: HENRI HEMSCH DATE: 1754 OWNERSHIP: Wolfgang Ruf, Rastatt, Germany. A94 MAKER: HENRI HEMSCH DATE: 1755/56 OWNERSHIP: Claude Noisette de Crauzat, Caen, France. A95 MAKER: [BLANCHET] DATE: 1757 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake Couchet 1671 and 1673. OWNERSHIP: Kenneth Gilbert, Maintenon, France. A96 MAKER: [GOUJON] DATE: 1757 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake I.R. 1632 OWNERSHIP: Private, Paris, France. A97 See the entry directly after A88 A98 MAKER: BENOIST STEHLIN DATE: 1760 OWNERSHIP: The Smithsonian, Washington DC. Photo Link Photo Link A99 MAKER: HENRI HEMSCH DATE: 1761-62 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.974.3.1). Photo Link Type '974.3.1' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter. Then click on "Clavecin / Hemsch". A100 MAKER: GUILLAUME HEMSCH DATE: 1763 OWNERSHIP: Fondation Grüner-Schlumberger, Villecroze, France. A101 MAKER: [GUILLAUME HEMSCH] DATE: 1763 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Rav. of single A.R. 1636 (chromatic bass, C-c3) into double. OWNERSHIP: Cobbe Collection Trust, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Surrey, England. Click for Photo Photo Link A102 MAKER: JEAN GOERMANS I DATE: 1764 OWNERSHIP: Russell Collection, Edinburgh, Scotland. Click for Photo Information & Photo Link A103 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS II DATE: 1765 OWNERSHIP: Kenneth Gilbert, Maintenon, France. A104 MAKER: FRANÇOIS BLANCHET II DATE: 1765 OWNERSHIP: city of Hamamatsu, Japan. A105 MAKER: [BLANCHET] DATE: 1766 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake I.R. 1644 (despite the fact that he died in 1642!) OWNERSHIP: Private, Southwest France. A106 MAKER: [GUILLAUME HEMSCH] DATE: 1766 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake I.R. 1636 OWNERSHIP: Mrs. Touyère, Geneva, Switzerland. A107 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS I DATE: 1767 OWNERSHIP: Alan Rubin, London, England. A108 MAKER: "PASCAL TASKIN?" DATE: 1767 OWNERSHIP: National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania. A162 MAKER: BENOIST STEHLIN DATE: 1767 OWNERSHIP: Musikinstrumenten-Museum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany. A109 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS II DATE: 1768 OWNERSHIP: Wolfgang Ruf, Rastatt, Germany. A110 MAKER: PASCAL TASKIN DATE: 1769 OWNERSHIP: Russell Collection, Edinburgh, Scotland. Click for Photo Information & Photo Link A111 MAKER: PASCAL TASKIN DATE: 1769 OWNERSHIP: Private, U.S.A. Click for Photo Click for Photo A112 MAKER: PASCAL TASKIN? DATE: ca.1770 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Rav. Ruckers. OWNERSHIP: J. S. Johnson, New Jersey. A113 MAKER: PASCAL TASKIN DATE: 1770 OWNERSHIP: Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, New Haven, Connecticut. Click for Photo Information & Photo Link A114 MAKER: J. M. DE DE BAN DATE: 1770 OWNERSHIP: Smithsonian, Washington DC, on loan from the Corcoran Gallery of Art. A115 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS II DATE: 1770 (77?) FLEMISH ORIGIN: Rav. I.R. 1618 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France. A136 MAKER: [PASCAL TASKIN] DATE: 1771 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. 1621 OWNERSHIP: Palace Museum, Sinaia, Romania. A116 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS II DATE: 1771 OWNERSHIP: Kenneth Gilbert, Maintenon, France. A117 MAKER: JEAN RICHARD DATE: Unknown OWNERSHIP: Musée Grevin, Paris, France. A118 MAKER: FRANÇOIS BLANCHET DATE: unknown OWNERSHIP: Madame Oury, Paris, France. A119 MAKER: [GUILLAUME HEMSCH?] DATE: n.d. FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. I 1628. OWNERSHIP: Formally Dr. R. Mirrey, Redhill, Surrey, England. Current ownership unknown A120 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Eighteenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake I.R. 1632. The instrument is actually a ravalement of a single manual harpsichord by Simon Hagaerts who entered the guild in 1641/2. OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France. Information Link A121 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Eighteenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: Maybe OWNERSHIP: Claude Mercier-Ythier, Paris, France. A122 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Eighteenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: I.R. 1612 (double). OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.1). Information & Photo Link A123 MAKER: [VATER?] DATE: Eighteenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: A.R. 1643 (double). OWNERSHIP: Shrine to Music Museum, university of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. A124 MAKER: ANON. DATE: n.d. OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France. Information Link Type '980.2.648' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter. Then click on "Clavecin / Anonyme A125 MAKER: UNKNOWN DATE: Unknown FLEMISH ORIGIN: I.R. 1615 OWNERSHIP: Formerly Maurice Le Roux (deceased), Paris, France. A126 MAKER: P. W. DATE: unknown FLEMISH ORIGIN: OWNERSHIP: R. Bibby (information from 1966) LOUIS XVI (1774-1793) A127 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS II DATE: 1774 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. Click for Photo A128 MAKER: SÉBASTIEN ÉRARD DATE: 1779 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.979.2.5) Information & Photo Link Type '979.2.5' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter. Then click on "Clavecin / Erard". A129 MAKER: [PIERRE DUBOIS] DATE: 1780 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake I.R. n.d.. OWNERSHIP: Yannick le Gaillard, Paris, France. A130 MAKER: [PASCAL TASKIN] DATE: 1782 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. 1636 (built around a virginal soundboard). OWNERSHIP: Alan Rubin, London, England. A131 MAKER: JACQUES GOERMANS II DATE: 1785 OWNERSHIP: Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. Information Link A132 MAKER: PASCAL TASKIN DATE: 1786 OWNERSHIP: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Information & Photo Link Type 'Pascal Taskin' in the search box and press enter. Then click on the harpsichord photo. A133 MAKER: JOACHIM SWANEN DATE: 1786 OWNERSHIP: Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France. A134 MAKER: [PASCAL TASKIN] DATE: 1787 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. 1636 OWNERSHIP: Dr. A. Beurmann, Hamburg, Germany. Click for Photo A135 MAKER: [PASCAL TASKIN] DATE: 1788 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. OWNERSHIP: Castel Sforzesco, Milan, Italy. Click for Photo * For A136 see the entry after A115. A137 MAKER: ANON. DATE: post ca.1770 OWNERSHIP: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice, France. A138 MAKER: ANON. DATE: post ca.1770 FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake A.R. n.d. OWNERSHIP: School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island A139 MAKER: ANON. DATE: post ca.1770 FLEMISH ORIGIN: The fake I.R. rose and inscription dating the instrument to 1636 are probably relatively modern. OWNERSHIP: Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. A140 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Eighteenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: A.R. 1621 (single converted to double). OWNERSHIP: Musée St.Etienne, France. A141 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Eighteenth century FLEMISH ORIGIN: Fake H.R. 1644 (1642 on name batten, 1644 on soundboard). OWNERSHIP: M. & Mme Jacottet, Rivaz, Switzerland. FRENCH HARPSICHORDS FROM LYON AND THE RHÔNE VALLEY LOUIS XIV (1643-1715) A167 MAKER: ANON (P. Baillon according to Alain Anselm) DATE: ca. 1660 OWNERSHIP: France FRENCH HARPSICHORDS FROM LYON AND THE RHÔNE VALLEY LOUIS XV (1715-74) A142 MAKER: DONZELAGUE DATE: 1716 OWNERSHIP: Musée des Artes decoratifs, Lyon, France. Photo Link Next click on the word “ici”. A new window opens. Click on “English” then "collections of the decorative arts museum". Click further on the tab "furniture" and then on the picture of the harpsichord. A143 MAKER: DONZELAGUE DATE: 1717 OWNERSHIP: Lost, last known 1968 in Spain. A144 MAKER: JEAN BAS DATE: 1737 OWNERSHIP: Marseille, France. A145 MAKER: J. H. COLLESSE DATE: 1739 OWNERSHIP: n/a (Only one strut is extant, reused on A6) A146 MAKER: LUIGI BAILLON DATE: 1755 OWNERSHIP: Edinburgh University, Rodger Mirrey Collection Information & Photo Link A147 MAKER: CORDELIER DATE: 1768 OWNERSHIP: Mme. Cuzin, Paris, France. A148 MAKER: JOSEPH COLLESSE DATE: 1768 OWNERSHIP: L. de Varax, Château de Terrebasse, Isère, France. A149 MAKER: CHRISTIAN KROLL DATE: 1770 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. A150 MAKER: [C. KROLL] DATE: ca.1770 OWNERSHIP: Mme Devie, France. A165 MAKER: Christian Kroll DATE: 1771 OWNERSHIP: Private collection, Switzerland A151 MAKER: JACOB STIRNEMANN DATE: 1771 OWNERSHIP: Private, France. Click for Photo Click for Photo A152 MAKER: CHRISTIAN KROLL DATE: 1774 OWNERSHIP: P. Lacriox, Belbèze en Comminges, France. A153 MAKER: [DONZELAGUE] DATE: n.d. OWNERSHIP: Mme. Demangel, Château d'Assas, France. LOUIS XVI (1774-1793) A154 MAKER: JOSEPH COLLESSE/ FRANKY DATE: 1775/77 OWNERSHIP: Musée de la Musique, Paris, France (accession number E.979.2.4). Information & Photo Link Then type '979.2.4' in the box 'Par numéro d'inventaire' and press enter. Then click on "Clavecin / Collesse". A155 MAKER: JACOB STIRNEMANN DATE: 1777 OWNERSHIP: La Grande Ménestrandise, Geneva, Switzerland. A156 MAKER: [C. KROLL] DATE: ca. 1777 OWNERSHIP: Reinhard von Nagel, Paris, France. Click for Photo Click for Photo A157 MAKER: CHRISTIAN KROLL DATE: 1779 OWNERSHIP: Musée Grévin, Paris, France. Click for Photo A158 MAKER: [JACOB STIRNEMANN] DATE: Ca. 1770s OWNERSHIP: Michael M. Koerner, Toronto, Canada. Click for Photo A159 MAKER: ANON. DATE: Eighteenth century OWNERSHIP: Musée des Jacobins, Auch, France. FRENCH HARPSICHORDS FROM OTHER PROVINCES LOUIS XV (1715-74) A166 MAKER: CLF (probably Clément or Charles Lefevre in Rouen according to Alain Anselm) DATE: ca. 1650 OWNERSHIP: France A160 MAKER: DE LA LANDE OF CAEN DATE: 1745 OWNERSHIP: School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. A161 MAKER: "GOSSET" DATE: "1770-75" OWNERSHIP: Château Champ-sur-Marne, France. Click for Photo A163 REMOVED. This instrument was the same as A97. A164 MAKER: NICOLAS PIGALLE (of Dijon) DATE: 1771 OWNERSHIP: Dr. Andreas Beurmann, Hasselburg, Germany. * For A165 see the entry after A150. * For A168 see the entry after A10. * For A162 see the entry after A108. * For A167 see the entry before A142. * For A169 see the entry directly after A4. |
