Peter Barnes

Flemish single manual harpsichord after Ruckers

2 x 8‘ stops and buff. Compass BB-e3.

Tuneable to a=440 or a=415.

Case, lid and stand painted in dark green/grey.
Inside of lid, keywell and soundboard well
decorated with traditional printed papers.
Length 196cm, width 82cm and case height 27cm.

Made from a Zuckermann kit c.1980 and finished by Peter Barnes in 2009.
£2,600

Double Manual Harpsichord by Michael Johnson, 1971

2 x 8’ and 4’stops with buff. Compass five octaves FF-f3.
Tuneable to A=415 or 440.

Case, lid and stand veneered in Sycamore with decorative ebony and boxwood banding.

Length 215cm, width 98cm, height 27cm.

Restrung, serviced and re-quilled in Delrin plectra by Peter Barnes, 2009.
£4,750

Single Manual Harpsichord after Kirkmann by John Barnes, 1963

This unusual and interesting instrument was made by my late father when I was 0nly 3! It has had one owner from new and has since been on a 2-year hiring in London. I serviced and re-voiced it in 2007.

The case, lid and stand is made of Mahogany, recycled from a bank in Gilford, with an angled lid over the keyboard. There are four pedals, as was the fashion in the 1960’s, which operate each 8’, the 4’, and buff stops.

The keyboard was made for a five octave grand piano by Kirkmann and rescued from a furniture store.

The jacks are wooden, of traditional design and the layout and dimensions on bridges, nuts and soundboard are copied from the Kirkmann harpsichord which my father owned at the time.

Under the soundboard is a specially made iron frame which substitutes for Kirkmann’s wooden case members. The tails of the 4-foot strings run through holes in the 8-foot bridge and hitch onto the main hitch-rail below the 8-foot strings. This leaves the soundboard free to vibrate much in the manner of an instrument without a 4-foot. The tuning is very stable and there is very little case twist.

Offers considered in the region of £3,000 - £4,000. Or otherwise available for hire at £60 per month.

Italian Harpsichord made by Owen Morse-Brown 1999. Copy of Gregori c.1730

2x8’ stops and buff stop worked by knobs on cheek of instrument. Wooden jacks and registers.
C/E short octave e3 compass tuneable to A=440 or A=415.
6 foot long by 34 inches wide on two detachable stands.
Lid and music desk.
The instrument has a natural wood finish inside and on the stand and the case is currently painted in bright blue. This is shortly to be repainted in Farrow and Ball Minster Green, oil eggshell.
Price £2,900

Bentside Spinet after Keene and Brackley, London, c.1715 by Peter Barnes, 2001

This spinet has a compass GG-e3 and is strung in Brass, tuneable to a=415 or a=440. It is made with wooden jacks, voiced with delrin plectra, Spruce soundboard and Walnut case with decorative brass hinges. It is a close copy of the original instrument.

It has just been serviced and adjusted and is priced at £2,995

Chamber organ

An unusual pipe organ, possibly an apprentice piece. The nameplate reads "Small, Bruce and Co, Musical Instrument Makers to His Majesty, Edinburgh." (Pre.1837.)

One, 4-foot set of open, wooden pipes with compass D-f2.
Pitch a=c.425.

Pallet box with glass screen.
Reverse tracker action, putting Bass pipes above treble keys. Bellows, keyboard and pallets are in good condition.
Many notes are playable but there are seven missing pipes.

£950

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