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Raymond working at a Pleyel Guest blogger: Kate Hawnt Shortly after moving in to her new home, Mottisfont Abbey, the indomitable Maud Russell noted in her engagement book: April 4 1935. Take boys to Londonderry House to hear Mrs Woodhouse. Maud, a wealthy heiress, was married to Major Gilbert Russell, a […] Taphouse’s 1743 Hass clavichord. By kind permission of the Bate Collection, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. Copyright © 2016 T.W. Taphouse and early keyboards In 1857, when he was aged just 19, Taphouse bought “a remarkably fine harpsichord by Shudi and Broadwood [made in 1773]” which “led me to take an interest […] The library of T.W. Taphouse was very famous during his lifetime and his harpsichords were often used for concerts and exhibitions. His name is now forgotten, and it’s a tragedy that everything was sold off after his death. […] |
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