The harpsichord generates sound by plucking strings when keys are depressed, in contrast to the piano which strikes them.

Listen to this effect in J.S. Bach's 'Badinerie' from Suite No. 2. The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a ...

He worked as a laboratory assistant at Woods Hole and in audio engineering sales in Cambridge before a harpsichord concert inspired him to change his life. At 31, he enrolled as a New England ...