Musikinstrumenten Museum


		Square Piano by John Broadwood London, 1815

		Fretted Clavichord Low Countries, c. 1700 Unsigned
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		Claviorgan by Samual Kühlewind Volkstedt/Saxony A square piano and positive organ combination. Each was played separately and changed through a coupling mechanism. The bellows were operated by the foot pedals.
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Harpsichord

by Johann Christoph Fleischer

Hamburg, 1710

Soundboard rose from the harpsichord by Johann Christoph Fleischer, Hamburg, 1710

Folding Harpsichord
by Jean Marius
Paris, c. 1700

"The unique construction of the traveling harpsichord is a product of the French instrument-making school. The "clavecin brisé" was made by Jean Marius in Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. Constructed in three sections, it can be folded up and easily transported. This instrument belonged to Frederick the Great, and we can assume that he took it with him on his numerous campaigns so as not to be without, even on the battlefield, an accompanying bass instrument when he played the flute."

Günther Wagner