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Re:The Joys of the Harpsichord by tetraodonpuffer on Friday December 03, 2021 @11:29AM (#29431804)
I would love to own a harpsichord but unlike pianos, which are available at all price points and easy to find, harpsichords seem to be very expensive (there is a builder in my town who charges 25k-35k for a new one, with years of lead time) not to mention very rare. Given this for now I just use VSTs with a normal midi keyboard, but that of course has a different touch and it’s not the same as having an “analog” instrument available.

Roland used to build some e-harpsichords years back (C30 etc) but from what I can find they weren’t incredibly well received and have been discontinued for some years now anyways.

In term of VSTs I enjoy most the physically modelled harpsichords in pianoteq, I do feel that Bach sounds a lot better on harpsichord than on piano, hence why I am hoping maybe some day I’ll find one for sale at a price I can justify given that after all I play (badly) just for fun.

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