G. Weldingh spinet - Denmark
                                                   after J. H. Silbermann                            

                       E. Steen-Nielsen fortepiano - spinet
                                              Copenhagen - Denmark

                                           

                      ♪  Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck 1562-1621 Fantasia Chromatica 8:11
                                            Yuzuru Hiranaka, spinet Silbermann

                                                       www.hiranaka.dk                                        
                                             
                                      

                                                 
Fortepiano /spinet is two instruments in one, piano and spinet, with pedal effects and the possibility of dynamic differences that make it suitable for accompaniment / continuo.

The construction of full iron frame gives voice sustainability as grand piano, and the weight of only 68 kg and the removable legs makes it easy to transport and in modern Scandinavian design.

                                                                            
                                                                  Steen Nielsen fortepiano

 

                           

                                

                                          Johann Heinrich Silbermann 1727-1799                                               
                          Strasbourg Alsace, France - construction years 1765 - 1770                       

Atelier Marc Ducornet
 ♪ Silbermann spinet - Bach, invention nr. 12


                                                                                                            

                                                        

                          Anonymous 18th Century French Harpsichord, ca. 1720
                          in rare spinet form - restoration David Winston


                                                 
                                               

                               ♪ Video  Silbermann spinet in Bachhaus Eisennach

                                                                                             

                                      
                        

         

                

                                                           Silbermann fortepiano copy by Neupert                   Silbermann fortepiano in Sans Sousi - Potsdam, Berlin

 

 

Bach on Silbermann fortepiano - Katia and Marielle Labèque