fig.71: Graubünden Hackbrett 1776
(Geiser)
CHAPTER 3: History to 1800
3.5 The Baroque, Rococo and Classical Periods 1600-1800
3.5.1 The west
1.1. Popular cultures in the 17th & 18th centuries:
2. Germania
Detailed evidence: 5 of 6: instruments
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The last detailed example comes from a little later, 1776, but is remarkable because it appears to be almost a surviving form of the Hackbrett portrayed in Virdung's engraving: the overall shape and proportions are very similar, and it has a simple single bridge. Moreover, it has the newer feature of quadruple strings, with the older side-mounting of the tuning-pins, rare after 1600 (fig. 71).
[2008] Other instruments have come to the fore since this study was carried out in 1976, for example these two at www.hackbrett.de:
fig.71b & c: Hackbretts from the 1790s at www.hackbrett.de |
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