The clavichord is an odd little keyboard popular in Europe from the 16th till the 18th century. It was designed as a practice instrument, and it didn’t produce enough volume for the typical concert ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it. Phyllis Chen, a trained pianist, ...

Christopher Grills has a clavichord. And he might be the only person around who can make a claim like that. "I would say this is the only clavichord in Joplin, wouldn't you?" he mused, quite seriously ...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was the most famous Bach of the eighteenth century, more celebrated than his father, Johann Sebastian. C.P.E. Bach never left Germany, but his renown stretched ...