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Bogenflügel

Bogenflügel (Ger.), a gut-strung *bowed keyboard instr. invented by Joharm Hohlfeld of Berlin in 1753. Sound was produced by pushing the strings against a continuous horsehair bow by means of small hooks controlled from the keyboard. Both C. P. E. Bach and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg voiced their approbation (27, 149). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Boalch, Donald H. Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord. London, 1956. Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente…

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