GRANT  O’BRIEN

EARLY  KEYBOARD  INSTRUMENTS

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Historical Italian Metrology

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Harpsichord-making

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Full-scale drawings of harpsichords, virginals and stands

The design and construction of some 5-octave 'Mozart' harpsichords

The design and construction of some 4-octave harpsichords in the Neapolitan tradition

Characteristics of instruments built in the Neapolitan School of harpsichord building

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Geometry and the unit of measurement

Biography of Onofrio Guarracino

Instruments built in the past

Curator/Director, retired, of the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments

Fredensborg Palace Concert

A tribute to John Barnes

A tribute to W.R. Thomas and J.J.K. Rhodes

  

Ethics of Musical  Instrument Restoration and Conservation:

Owner's guidelines before  restoration is begun

 

To restore or not to restore?

 

Restoration ethics and the controversial restoration of the Franco-Flemish harpsichord on the main page of this site

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