The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. From psaltery and monochord to harpsichord and virginal -- The sixteenth century. The emergence of the northern harpsichord ; Antwerp harpsichord building ...
The harpsichord is the Rolls Royce of keyboards. Dating the late middle ages, it was a status symbol of any aristocratic family during the Renaissance, and by the 1600s harpsichords were being built ...