Instrumentarium

    In order to further tailor their performances of 17th and 18th century repertory, The Practitioners of Musick use fine crafted instruments by the most esteemed masters after antique originals

Harpsichords

  • Richard A. Cox - Pennington, New Jersey, after an instrument by Thomas Hitchcock      - London , circa 1720
  • Willard Martin - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, after Marin Mersenne - France, circa 1635

Clavichord

  • Carl Fudge - Boston, Massachusetts, after an anonymous 17th Century German master

Virginals

    • Alec Hodsdon - Lavenham, Suffolk, England, 1959

Recorders

Based on repertory , a wide range of instruments from which to choose. The Practitioners own  recorders that are outstanding  copies by modern masters [see list below] based on rigorous study and analysis of original instruments by such makers as Bressan; Stanesby; Boekhout; Haka; Terton; Debey; Bizey; Rippert and Denner, found  both in private and museum collections worldwide. 

  • Friedrich von Huene - USA
  • Hans Coolsma - The Netherlands
  • Jacqueline Sorel - The Netherlands
  • Paul van der Poel - The Netherlands
  • Beha & Gibbons - USA
  • Henri Gohin - France
  • Hans Conrad Fehr - Switzerland
  • Thomas Prescott - USA
  • Bernhard Junghanel - Germany
  • Kanji & Sorel - The Netherlands
  • James Scott - USA
  • Jean-Luc Boudreau - Canada
  • Ralf Netsch - Germany       

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