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Double manual harpsichord
Date added: 2024-04-19
Built by Walter Maene in 1998
2 x 8', 1 x 4', lute stop
Transposable a1 = 415/440 Hz
Soundboard is painted
Exterior decoration
Turnded stand
Location: Kontich
Price: 8.000 EUR
Contact: Godelieve Verbeeck

Single manual Venetian harpsichord (ca. 1580)
Date added: 2023-10-30
Built by Staf Van Looy (1994, Hoogboom, Belgium)
Compass: CDEFGAB-c2 (short octave)
1x8'
a1=440Hz, no transposition
The legs mounted into a separate frame from the body
Legroom = 80cm, in order to be capable of playing the instrument while standing if inner case put on top of outer case.
Outer case: 188cm by 76cm
Comes with:
- an in hight matching antique Flemish chair
- a fitting tuning key
- strings on bobbins in all of the gauges
Wide- carrying and very polyphonic and transparant sound, used in many CD recordings
In perfect condition
Price: 9.000 euros
Contact: Willem Ceuleers

Large French harpsichord after Blanchet, built by Louis van Emmerik (1977, Leerdam, the Netherlands)
Date added: 2023-10-30
Compass: FF-f3
2 keyboards: Principal 8 + lute stop on lower keyboard, Nasal 8 on top keyboard, 4' speaks on both keyboards, manual coupler
a=415, no transposition
248cm x 97cm
Firm and singing, very resonant yet polyphonic sound (typical Blanchet)
Completely functional; one 4' jack should be copied (the original has warped) and the staggering might benefit from some adjustment
Price: 22.000 euro
Contact: Willem Ceuleers

Double manual harpsichord after Ioannes Bull 1778
Added on: 2023-08-29
Built by Ivan de Halleux in 1977
The original is in a museum in the USA
FF - f3
2 x 8', 1 x 4', peau de buffle, nasal
Length: 264 cm
Decorated soundboard
Superb concert instrument
The instrument is in mint condition: no repairs/maintenance is needed
Price: 18.000 EUR (can be discussed)
Contact: Paul Smoes

Harpsichord Neupert No 15997, Model “Graf” made in 1937
Date added: 2022-10-20
101 cm / 208 cm
2 manuals, 5 octaves,
3 registers 2x8’, 4’ and a knee lever for the 4’ lute
Veneer is Caucasian walnut.
Instrument needs a revision. Key by key.
Location: Deurne
Price: negotiable
Contact: Alex Van Beveren, phone: +32 3 366 22 17, Mobile: +32 475 92 05 76

Single manual harpsichord
Date added: 2022-09-18
Made in 1988 by Leigh-Flanders
FF - f3
2 x 8', lute stop
Transposable 415 - 440 Hz
Length: 210 cm
Tuning key included
The instrument is in playable condition but needs a little revision
Price: 4.000 EUR
Contact: Jonathan Bridoux

Single manual harpsichord
Date added: 2022-09-14
Doutreligne Maene Selection
GG-e3
2 x 8' and lute stop
Transposable 415 - 440 Hz
Price: 4.000 EUR
Contact: Karin Demey

Single manual harpsichord after Andreas Ruckers 1644
Date added: 2022-09-14
Made in 2013 by Jef Van Boven
C -c3
2 x 8' and lute stop
Transposable 415 - 440 Hz
Painting: Leo Van Hullebusch (kasteel Veltwijck)
Transport cover & harpsichord stand included
Price: 8.000 EUR
Contact: Jef Van Boven

Double manual harpsichord model "Bach"
Date added: 2022-08-18
Made in 1938 by Neupert
FF - f3
1 x 16', 2 x 8', 1 x 4', buff stop
5 pedals
The instrument is in playable condition but needs some revision
This model is still being made by Neupert. See: https://www.jc-neupert.de/de/instrumente/neue-instrumente/cembali-zweimanualig/neue-instrumente/cembali/cembali-zweimanualig/cembalo-bach-detail
Price: 2.500 EUR
Contact: Jan Strobbe

For rent: Single manual harpsichord after Goërmans (Paris 1748)
Date added: 2019-09-26
Built by Michel Van Hecke
2 x 8', 1 x 4'
a1 = 415 Hz (non transposable)
Soundboard decorated by Charles Koenig
Includes stand, lid stick, music stand and cover
Price: 90 EUR/month (transport & maintenance not included)
Contact: Sophie de Tillesse, 107 Berkendael, 1190 Bruxelles. Tel: 0484 980 966

Double manual harpsichord after Hemsch (1745)
Date added: 2015-11-05
Built by Jacques Magnette (Belgium) in 2005.
Length : 2,28 m.
The instrument has almost not been played on and is in new condition.
2 x 8', 1 x 4', lute stop (elk skin)
FF - e3
a1 = 415/440 Hz
Decoration in turtle shell imitation
En imitation d’écaille de tortue after the style of the famous cabinet maker Boule (Louis XIV)
Frame work and ornamentations in gold leaf.
Legs are screwed to he frame.
There are 2 lids sticks: a big one and a smaller one.
The music stand can hold 3 A4 pages.
High quality thick transport cover with reinforced corners + extra cover for the legs.
There is also a music stool available which matches the harpsichord.
Price: 20.000 EUR (can be negociated)
Contact: Jean-Pierre BOULLET, 4 Rue de Hermée, B-4680 OUPEYE (near Liège), tel : +(32).(0)42.64.48.16

 

 

Virginals

For Rent: Italian virginal
Date added: 2022-10-28
GG/BB - e3
Not transposable: a1 = 440 Hz (can be retuned to a1 = 415)
Rent is minimal 6 months. Contact me for concert rental.
Price:: 50 EUR/month (at least 6 months)
Contact: Klavecimbelwinkel

 

Spinet made by Sassmann in 2003
Date added: 2015-08-13
CC - f3
Transposable: a1 = 415/440 Hz
1 x 8'
Buff stop
Very stable tuning
Price: 4.800 EUR (can be discussed)
Contact: Marie-Corentine Albanese

None at the moment.

Square piano-forte made in London by Thomas Tomkinson
Date added: 2024-04-10
Signed inside T TOMKISON 34 (= serial number), probably built just before 1800.
Length 165,5 cm, width 59,5 cm, heighth 83 cm.
5 octaves.
Nice original case.
Has been revised in 2014 to make it more playable while keeping a maximum of the original parts.
Location: Merelbeke
Price: 3.000,00 EUR
Contact: Xavier Verbeke

Grand piano made by Henri Herz
Date added: 2021-03-19
Built in the second half of the 19th century.
In perfect condition
Completely serviced 5 years ago with new strings and felt.
Soundboard in perfect condition.
The instrument keeps the tuning very well.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the Henri Herz pianos set the Erard and Pleyel pianos in prestige. This piano is fortunate to have been kept in excellent condition since its manufacture, which makes it an exceptional piece.
Last tuned in February 2021.
The piano can be tried out at this address: Les Ateliers Claus ,Rue Crickx 15, 1060 Saint-Gilles
Price: 4.800 EUR
Contact: Mariko 0487 96 2223

Erard Grand Piano
Date added: 2021-03-03
Built in 1893.
7 octaves.
Dimensions: 1360mm x 2013mm ( B x L ).
Restauration: hammers recovered (wurzen-felt), restrung with Paulello strings and messing spun in the bass, new tuning pins, soundboard restaured, frame-lacquer renewed.
Price: to discuss.
Contact: Robert van Brandt, Telnr.: 0032485638548

Square piano
Date added: 2019-04-08
Made by Möller in Kopenhagen.
Price: 3.000 EUR (can be discussed)
Contact: Maximiliene Ghyssaert

Broadwood „Short Drawing Room Grand N° 2020
Date added: 2017-10-04
Built ca 1875
Serial number: 10408
Nameboard : "John Broadwood & Sons London"
Pitch: a1 = 436 Hz
85 keys: 7 octaves, AAA - a4
Parallel stringing
Length : 235 cm
Width : 137 cm
Complete in orgininal and playable state.
Typical Broadwood "duck feet" pedals : 1 una corda - 1 damping
Original rectangular tuning pins
Wrest plank in good condition
Keyboard in ivory and ebony.
The action is the typical English action of the 19th century, the precursor to the Erard and modern actions, as opposed to the Viennese action used by German and Austrian builders of the time. The English grand action provides a very direct and powerful connection from player to string and was favoured by Chopin for that reason.
Fnished in a tortoise-shell burl walnut, with ebony and rosewood trim.
Other distinctive features of this piano are the “lyre-shaped” pedal works, hence the reason they are now referred to as the pedal lyre, and the slim shape resembling a harpsichord more than the modern grand piano shape. The legs have a tapered shaft of hexagonal section, and has a carved capital fascia of acanthus leaves.
Location: The instrument can be seen in Leuven
Price: 11,500 EUR (transport not included)
Contact: Christine Vertente, tel: 0475/86 85 55

Organs

Harmonium Mannborg
Date added: 2020-11-20
Currently disassembled (all parts are complete)
2 keyboards and pedal
Wind chest can be operated by hand or via electrical motor
Location: Antwerp
Price: free
Contact: Herman de Preter

• Korneel Bernolet
• Els Biesemans
• Prach Boondiskulchok
• Willem Ceuleers
• Marie-Anne Dachy
• Ewald Demeyere
• Linde Demuynck
• Jan Devlieger
• Florian Heyerick
• Bart Jacobs
• Wim Van Moerbeke
• Jan Vermeulen
• Christine Wauters
• Wim Winters

Links: 

• Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
• Capriool v.z.w. Centrum voor oude dans
• Centrum voor muziekinstrumentenbouw Puurs (CMB)
• De vrienden van het klavecimbel
• Klavecimbel winkel
• Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België
• Lemmens Instituut
• Les amis du clavecin
• Musical Instrument Museum Brussels
• Ruckers Genootschap
• Vlaamse Klavecimbel Vereniging
• Vleeshuis museum

Builders:

• Johan Deblieck (chest organs)
• Stijn Dekoninck
  
• Chris Maene
• Jacques Magnette
  
• Sigurd Malfait
• Joris Potvlieghe
  
• Guido Schumacher organ building and restoration
• Van Heirseele-Schweiger B.V.B.A.
  Historische piano’s
  Nieuwpoortse Steenweg 67-69
  B-8400 Oostende
  Tel 059 70 16 73
  Fax 059 70 76 04
• Robert Van Brandt
• Pierre Verbeek
• Jean-Luc Wolfs