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BOURGIE HALL<br />
4. 5.<br />
Two Harpsichords<br />
<strong>Bourgie</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> also owns two remarkable harpsichords:<br />
A 17th-century Italian-style instrument with a short octave<br />
and large compass built in 1975 by Rodney Myrvaagnes;<br />
An instrument in the 17th-century Flemish style of<br />
harpsichord-building made in 1984 by Keith Hill.<br />
Fig. 4<br />
Italian harpsichord<br />
built by Rodney Myrvaagnes<br />
(Boston, 1975), after a 17th-century<br />
Italian-style instrument by<br />
Johannes de Perticis (Florence).<br />
Photo: MMFA, Christine Guest<br />
Fig. 5<br />
Flemish harpsichord<br />
built by Keith Hill (Michigan, 1984),<br />
after an instrument by Ruckers<br />
(Antwerp), inspired by the<br />
17th-century Flemish style.<br />
Photo: MMFA, Christine Guest
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