Bowed clavier

Bowed clavier

The bowed clavier (Bogenclavier in German) is a keyboard instrument strung with gut strings, the tone of which is produced by a steadily revolving well rosined cylinder (powered by a foot pedal), a mechanism not dissimilar to that found in the hurdy-gurdy [ [http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsb3.htm Dolmetsch Online] ]

It was invented by Joh. Hohlfeld of Berlin in 1751. This instrument and another one of his inventions, a device that records keyboard improvisations in real-time, were mentioned in the "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments" by C. P. E. Bach.

References

[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393097161 "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments", Section Two, W. W. Norton & Company (November 1948), ISBN 0393097161]


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