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 ...