authenticity

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Essays

the sound of quill

essay draft 2026-07-29 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, historically-informed-performance, craft-history, authenticity

Everything else

The sound, not the substance — how historically-informed harpsichord making reversed the piano-frame 'revival' by reconstructing a result, not a material

topic map 2026-08-24 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century
Hubbard and Dowd adopted a modern synthetic, Delrin, for plectra because it sounded closer to antique quill than the leather then in use

claim budding Tier 2 2026-07-25 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century