Clavichord Joris Potvlieghe, n°35
- Wim Winters
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min read
What a clavichord can do with a musician is unexplainable. Unless when speaking to another clavichord player. It sounds weird but it is simple as that.
When my clavichord changed home from Joris Potvlieghe's workshop to ours, I didn't know yet how influential the instrument would become. And very soon became. It led directly to the name "Authentic Sound", promoting the "authentic" yet still way to seldom heard sound of this unique instrument.
I really enjoyed reading about this particular clavichord, especially the detail about how Joris Potvlieghe based instrument No. 35 on late-18th-century German models. The description of its singing tone and how it responds so sensitively to touch made it easy to imagine how intimate the playing experience must be. I also found it interesting that the article mentioned the careful balance between clarity and warmth, which isn’t always easy to achieve with historical instruments. It made me think about how craft and patience shape both music and other kinds of work even when I’m organising study tasks or using something like New Assignment Help Australia there’s a similar appreciation for fine detail. I’m now curious how different players adapt thei…