Before the piano was invented, composers wrote a lot of music for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys. This meant that everything they wrote was limited to the harpsichord’s five-octave range. But ...

When Northfielder Jim May laid eyes on the destroyed harpsichord at Laura Maxwell’s house in Red Wing, he wasn’t sure whether ...

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 ...

Why are there 88 keys on a piano? Why not 44, or 200? Let’s go back to the days before the piano, when composers wrote for the harpsichord, which has just 60 keys, and each key is ...

Did you know that the world's oldest guitar is in the basement of a South Kensington college and that anyone can wander in to ...