. Musical instruments . uch expression ; and most of the German classical com-posers who lived before the invention of ths pianoforte preferredthe clavichord to the harpsichord. In England it has neverbecome popular. Considering the simplicity of its con-struction, it might be surmised that the price of a clavichordwas generally very moderate. In the latter half of th3eighteenth century the prices charged for such instruments bysome of the best manufacturers were as follows :—Carl Lemmo,in Brunswick, made clavichords of various qualities, whichfetched from three to twelve Louis dors a-piece ;
. Musical instruments . uch expression ; and most of the German classical com-posers who lived before the invention of ths pianoforte preferredthe clavichord to the harpsichord. In England it has neverbecome popular. Considering the simplicity of its con-struction, it might be surmised that the price of a clavichordwas generally very moderate. In the latter half of th3eighteenth century the prices charged for such instruments bysome of the best manufacturers were as follows :—Carl Lemmo,in Brunswick, made clavichords of various qualities, whichfetched from three to twelve Louis dors a-piece ; he also made,for exportation to Batavia, clavichords with a compressedsounding-board, invented by his father in the year 1771 ;Kramer, in Gottingen, charged from four to fourteen Louisdors, according to size and fmisli; and Wilhelmi, in Cassel,charged from twenty to hfty thalers,—from about £2 to £y los. The clavicembalo (often designated merely cembalo) is calledin German Fliigel, on account of its shape somewhat. o in u POST-MEl)\ AL. 133 resembling the wing of a l)irtl. Clavicemhnli formerly in usegenerally had a comjiass of liw octaves. The instrumentwas usually supplied with some stops by means of whichthe quality of sound could in some measure be , it was frequently made with two kcylioards,one for the loud and another lor the soft tones. The harpsi-chord made in England was precisely of the same fact, the best harpsichord makers in England were emigrantsfrom the continent, and the founders of some of the greatpianoforte manufactories still flourishing in London. Burk-hardt Tschudi, for instance, a harpsichord maker from Switzer-land, was the founder of Broadwoods celebrated manufactory,which dates from the year 1732. Kirkm in. a German (who,!)efore he established himself in England, wrote his nameKirchmann) sold his harpsichords in London, accordinglo the German Musical Almanac for the year 1782, at theprice of from 60/. to qu
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