Rental Instruments
The temperament and pitch listed are either the ideal historical setting. Email for further details including requesting for more detailed photos for recording samples
Ronald Haas Double Manual German Harpsichord 1978 after Hieronymus Albrecht Hass 1723. 3x8' 1x4' Lute. FF-f"' 61 notes. Currently set at the historical pitch of 410. Transposable manual 415/440 Meantone or other temperaments. Chinoiserie decoration in Red and Black. Painted Soundboard. She is modeled after the 1723 Hieronymus Albrecht Hass FF-c"' instrument now housed in the Copenhagen Musikmuseet. Non dog-legged German coupling system. A unique example of a historical correctly constructed and set German Double manual Harpsichord as vast majority of the advertised ones out there are only German looking instruments using French or Flemish registration 2x8' 1x4 with a French Doglegged coupling system. Surreal tone that renders how a Bach, Telemann, or early Handel pieces should really sound like.
$1500 per day $750 tuner fee (optional). $3000 deposit (negotiable). Please inquire for more photos.
Roger Murray Italian Pentagonal Virginal 2004. C/E-f"'. 45 notes. 392/415 1/4 Comma Meantone. This is the real thing. A rare opportunity to play a 100% replica of a Italian Renaissance virginal with the hisgtorical correct range. You can finally play Cavazzoni or Thomas Preston without compromising the C/E short octave. Don't let the musicologists fool you into thinking that those d"' to f"' are for transposing only!
$500 per day. $250 tuner fee per day (optional). $1000 deposit (negotiable). Please inquire for more photos.
1973 Flentrop Regal. C-c"'. 1/4 Comma Meantone. a=392-440Hz. One of five privately owned Renaissance and Baroque style regals in the United States, and one of three Regals which D.A.Flentrop has ever made. Blower Box available.
$1500 per day. $1000 use of bellow as opposed to blower per day. $500 deposit (negotiable). Service on site, including tuning and amanuensis for bellows for bellow option. Not including travel and transportation. Please inquire for more photos.
Richard Burrows Table Positive Organ 1980. Designed by Richard Wood based on a 1610 model in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg. Pipes scales based on 1612 Compenius Organ at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark. C-d"' Gedeckt 4'. Reverse Pin Action. Restored by me in 2011. 1/4 Comma Meantone. a=495 Hz (Praetorius Chorton). Available for Rental
$1000 per day. Blower only. $500 deposit (negotiable). Service on site, including tuning not including travel and transportation. Please inquire for more photos.
RENTING BOTH ORGANS
Both organs can operate by sharing one single blower box at the same time as I have constructed special conductors to ensure this task possible. Discount for Rental of both organs at the same performance. $2000 per day. $1500 deposit. (negotiable) Service on site, including tuning not including travel and transportation.