| The name Wilhelm Heinrich Baethmann stands for the highly
developed standard of instrument making which had been achieved in the
18th century in Northern Germany. Baethmann belongs directly to the Vater
family dynasty, which held a leading position in building organs, harpsichords,
spinets, and clavichords for several generations in the area of Hannover.
Baethmann married a daughter of Christian Vater the younger in 1782 and
continued the long and successful tradition of the Vater family as instrument
makers.
The NEUPERT copy is
based on the only remaining clavichord of Baethmann, an unfretted instrument
of five octaves, built in 1799, which is now in Goethe's house at Frankfurt.
It belonged once to Charlotte Buff, (her married name was Kestner), for
whom Johann Wolfgang Goethe created an unfading memorial in his book "The
sorrows of young Werther".
In copying the clavichord of Baethmann, NEUPERT
offers an instrument which, thanks to its history, full sound, and capabilities
in modulation represents a true testimony to the high art of clavichord
building in the "Age of Sentimentalism".
| Technical details
compass: 5 octaves (Fl-f3)
unfretted, two strings per note, brass strings
Length: 176 cm (5'9")
width: 55 cm (1'9")
net weight: 52 kg (115 lbs) |
Additional options
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Covers and benches matching the instrument
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| deutsche Version |
étendue de clavier: Fa1-fa3
(= 5 octaves)
longueur 176 cm, largeur 55 cm, net 52 kg |
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estensione della tastíera: 5 ottave (Fal -fa3)
lunghezza 176 cm, larghezza 55 cm, netto 52 kg |
extensión del teclado: 5 octavas (Fal -fa3)
largo 176 cm, ancho 55 cm, neto 52 kg |
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