Italian harpsichord Giusti

Italian harpsichord,copy from G.B.Giusti

Italian harpsichord, copy from G. B. Giusti, Lucca 1681

Italian harpsichord,copy from G.B.Giusti

Probably one of our most popular models is the Italian Giusti harpsichord.

This version is inspired by two instruments by G. B. Giusti preserved in the museums of Nürnberg and Berlin.

The classically Italian timbre, lively and singing, is however not excessively dry, making the instrument appropriate for various repertoires.

The extension of its range to five octaves makes it suitable for the study of the entire harpsichord repertoire.

It finds its ideal employment in concerted music, whether vocal or instrumental, and is able to provide excellent support even to a large orchestral group.

  • Original: Giovanni Battista Giusti, Lucca 1681
  • Dimensions: cm 220 x 95 x 20 (FF-f3) - cm 200 x 87 x 20 (C-f3)
  • Compass: FF-f3 (61 notes) ; C-c3 (54 notes); other compass on demand.
  • Disposition: one keyboard, 8′ 8′, Lute
  • Pitch: a = 415 Hz, transposable +/- one semitone (440/392 Hz)
  • Materials: case in lime (inner wooden decoration in lime, on demand in Cypress), bottom and soundboard in spruce (from Val di Fiemme), keyboard in spruce covered with boxwood and ebony, registers and bridges in beech, jacks in service.
  • Decoration: painted case and gilded mouldings, inner case natural wood, parchment rose on the soundboard.
  • Stand with four turned legs, varnishes wood (on demand lacked and gilded). Lid with lock.
  • Price

Listen to this instrument:

Play G. Frescobaldi “Toccata III, Libro I”
Ingomar Rainer

Play A. Vivaldi “Sonata for Cello and b.c., Andante”
Anner Bylsma