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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
Frank Hubbard's historical harpsichord research ran on a Dolmetsch apprenticeship, Hugh Gough's notebooks, and a British Museum reader's card

claim budding Tier 2 2026-07-25 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century
Early-20th-century harpsichord "revival" instruments borrowed piano-derived metal-frame construction

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-07-22 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century
Historically-informed light construction displaced piano-frame construction as the dominant harpsichord-building paradigm by the late 20th century

claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-22 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century
Frank Hubbard and William Dowd founded a 1949 Boston workshop to rebuild harpsichords on historical rather than piano-derived principles

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-07-22 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century
Sourcing the 20th-century harpsichord-revival craft history: piano-frame construction reversed toward Baroque light construction

capture promoted 2026-07-20 · musical-instruments, harpsichord, craft-history, historically-informed-performance, 20th-century