N E W 5 - O C T A V E H A R P S I C H O R D S
I N T H E N E A P O L I T A N S T Y L E
Historical models on which the soundboard rosettes are based
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Anonymous Neapolitan harpsichord signed 'G.A. 1630', Rome, No. 789
(NOT by Onofrio Guarracino)
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Single-manual harpsichord by Onofrio Guarracino, Naples, 1651, Andrea Coen, Rome
Rectangular virginal by Onofrio Guarracino, Naples, 1663, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Bologna
Single-manual harpsichord, attributed by Grant O'Brien to Onofrio Guarracino, Naples, c.1675
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cat. No. 89.4.1231
Two Anonymous Neapolitan harpsichords, perhaps by the same maker, but not by Guarracino
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (left) and Rome, No. 859
These are some of the rosettes found in historical instruments made in Naples which were used in the design and execution of the rosettes in the 5-octave 'Mozart' harpsichords.
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