Piano-harpsichord

Piano-harpsichord a combination of piano and harpsichord, built from 1716 on. In that year Jean Marius submitted his *clavecin à maillets et à sautereaux to the Paris Académie des Sciences. In or by 1755 the Rev. William Mason had bought in Hamburg a piano-harpsichord with 2 x 8′ on the harpsichord, the jacks serving as “mutes” when the piano was played. Weltman in 1759 submitted a piano-harpsichord to the Académie, but its piano action consisted of tangents rather than hammers. See also…