This replica of Girolamo Zenti's 1637 bentside spinet was made by Seattle instrument maker Jack Peters (jpearlymus@gmail.com) in 1999.
About the instrument:
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Case: Alaskan Cedar (the Zenti original was Cypress)
Natural keytops: Olive
Outer case lid painting: Ben Farnsworth (1967-2016)
Jacks: Bailey (plastic, with delrin plectra)
Keys: 45, with short octave in bass
Pitch: 415 (currently)
Strings: brass
Maker of replica: Jack Peters, Seattle, WA
Year of replica: 1999
Current home of the original: Brussels, Belgium
Place of origin of replica: Seattle, WA, USA
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Here I am playing the instrument outside of its case---you see the spinet in its outer case at the beginning of the video, under the title. (Other videos will show me playing the instrument inside its case.)
Here I play three movements from harpsichord Suite IX by Louis Couperin (1626-1661), uncle of the more renowned François Couperin (1668-1733). These suites contain the very interesting unmeasured preludes, but I have recorded only the Courante, Sarabande en Canon, and Canaries.
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