REQ: Acousticsamples Harpicordo

A PIECE OF MUSICAL HISTORY

We are immensely proud to present Harpicordo [old Italian for ‘Harpsichord’]; one of the most extraordinary and significant instruments in musical history. This particular model is a 2005 17th Century Flemish School recreation (Ruckers) by the world-renowned Ateliers Marc Ducornet, Paris, to whom we are indebted for kindly allowing us to record their one-of-a-kind instrument.

Harpicordo is unlike anything we’ve created before. Having used Harpsichord voice settings on digital keyboards for many years, we felt that there weren’t any which faithfully captured the full beauty of this exquisite instrument, and so our goal was to recreate the raw sound, the warm resonances and the gritty imperfections in all their glory and detail, so that when you sit and play it for the first time, you can simply close your eyes and truly feel like you’re playing the real thing.

To our ears, we succeeded - be sure to check out our videos and audio demos and see what you think.