Amendments and additions to clavichord-related information in the Third Edition of Donald Boalch’s Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840, edited by Charles Mould (1995)
Prepared with the kind permission of Charles Mould and with support
from the British Clavichord
Society, the Deutsche Clavichord
Societät, the International
Centre for Clavichord Studies, and the Svenska Klavikordsällskapet
This is an informal project to disseminate new information on historic
clavichords and makers which has emerged in the years since the publication
in 1995 of the Third Edition of Boalch’s indispensable reference
book (‘Boalch 3’, edited by Charles Mould, and now long
out of print). Clavichord research has expanded enormously in these
years, and ‘B3CU’ has been set up to provide a quick and
simple way for results to be shared.
The attached pdf document (Version 4, uploaded in September 2009 with over
40 new items) gives more details of our plans, and offers contributions
from Lothar Bemmann (who chairs the project), Peter Bavington, Eva
Helenius, David Millard, Paul Simmonds and Benjamin Vogel.
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More about Boalch 3
In his Preface to the Third Edition (1995),
Charles Mould expressed the hope that the contents of the book would
in future be available to all scholars via the internet. At the beginning
of 2008 it seems that this hope will soon be fulfilled, thanks to the
co-operation of Oxford University Press, Charles Mould, the University
of Edinburgh (represented by Darryl Martin), and a group of volunteers
(some also involved in the B3CU project).
Meanwhile we appreciate that use of the B3CU document will be far easier
for those with access to a copy of the book, but we have tried to make
the contributions self-explanatory so far as possible. Please contact
Judith Wardman (see below) if you have any difficulties or queries.
How to comment on this document or send
contributions
This is work in progress, and we invite
comments, corrections, queries, and further contributions.
Correspondence should be sent to Judith Wardman, 26A Church Lane, London
N8 7BU, England; e-mail jw@jwardman.myzen.co.uk (please
include the words ‘Boalch’ and/or ‘clavichord’ in
your message title).
Updated 1 April 2013