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Re: lute harpsichord?

At 10:54 PM 4/18/01 +0200, Juozas Rimas wrote: 
In his last message to me, Jim mentioned Robert Hill playing Bach with a lute
harpsichord. I'd be grateful for an simple explanation of what it is.


A "lute harpsichord" (Lautenwerck) is a normal harpsichord except that the
strings are made of gut instead of metal.  (The dampers are usually a
little different, too, due to the different resonance of those strings, but
that's not so important.)



Bradley Lehman, Dayton VA
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