Harpsichord by Calisto, J

DescriptionThis wonderfully preserved instrument is typically Portuguese in both its design and decorative style. The single manual, with boxwood-covered naturals and ebony-covered sharps, has the common eighteenth-century Iberian five-octave compass of GG to g3 (61 notes). There are two registers at 8' pitch; the front register is permanently engaged, while the back register is controlled by a hand stop on the right side of the keyboard. A second hand stop on the left controls a buff stop affecting the front 8'.