Enharmonic harpsichord

Enharmonic harpsichord harpsichord built from the mid-16th c. on in an attempt to re-create the 3 genera (diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic) of classical Greece. In practice the term denotes any harpsichord having more than 12 keys and strings to an oct. and includes late specimens constructed for acoustical experimentation. Instrs. having keyboards furnished with the fairly common *split keys of the period are not included, however. Nicola Vicentino describes an enharmonic harpsichord in his…