Franco-Flemish double-manual harpsichord,originally a 'transposing' harpsichord made in Antwerp in 1617 by an
unknown maker. It was lavishly decorated and given a bass ravalement in Paris sometime
between 1742 and 1750, a treble ravalement in 1750 by François Étienne Blanchet,
and a further treble ravalement in 1786 by Jacques Barberini
and Nicolas Hoffmann.
Louis Diémer
Perhaps the first professional harpsichord player of the modern era
Louis Diémer
photographed by Étienne Carjat sometime in the 1860's