Archicembalo
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The archicembalo was a musical instrument described by Nicola Vicentino in 1555. This was a harpsichord built with many extra keys and strings, enabling experimentation in microtonality and just intonation.
Reproduction of the archicembalo
Diagram of the archicembalo's tuning in cents.
Clavemusicum omnitonum (Vito Trasuntino, Venice 1606) - Bologna, International museum and library of music
The Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica is a music museum and music library in the Palazzo Aldini Sanguinetti, in the historic center of Bologna, Italy.
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Portrait of Padre Gianbattista Martini. Author: Angelo Crescimbeni, 1770.
Portrait of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, composer Author:unknown, 1777.