Clavemusicum omnitonum

Clavemusicum omnitonum (Lat.), name of the only preserved *enharmonic harpsichord of the early baroque, built by Vito Trasuntino of Venice, dated 1606, and preserved in the Museo Civico of Bologna. The harpsichord has 31 tones to the oct. and a 4-oct. compass. Its single manual consists of natural keys like those of any harpsichord, the accidental keys being as wide as the natural ones and split into 4 sections of alternating black front and white rear sections, with added shorter and narrower…