| | My two new history sisters, SHARON and JANINE, and I took a moment to visit the carpentry shop and found that the laborers there were constructing harpsichords. A harpsichord works in a different manner than their piano cousins, creating a sound by plucking the strings rather than striking the strings with hammers. SHARON asked for permission to sit and play, and was soon cranking out the hits - not just the one in the video here, but also Linus and Lucy (The Peanuts Song) and Wrecking Ball, somehow making each sound elegant and Victorian in nature. |
| With shorter keys and unfamiliarity with the instrument with a very different feel when pressing down on the keys, SHARON made some little mistakes, but it still sounded better than what I could have produced, and I was so proud to be in her company as others sauntered by to see the carpentry. One must appreciate two talents in the room - the hands that made the instrument and the hands that played it. | |
