CBH Carey Beebe Harpsichords

Final concert of 2019 for me is tonight’s SOLD OUT @RiverVoicesAU Messiah at Parramatta.

Packing up the keyboards at the conclusion of today’s SOLD OUT @sydphil Messiah, we say farewell to @SydOperaHouse Concert Hall as it will be closed for 2yr refurbishment.

What would Sydney summer be without @sydphil “Messiah”? This afternoon’s performance with 600 voices will be live-streamed from @SydOperaHouse on @ABCClassic. abc.net.au/classic/read-a…

Second last @pinchgut performance of Vivaldi's "Farnace" today @CityRecitalHall. In an hour's time, you can listen online @ABCClassic. abc.net.au/classic/progra…

Looks like Zak enjoyed spending his Yr 10 Work Experience week in the harpsichord workshop: Here's the 70s Zuckermann clavichord we reworked the keyboard & restrung.

Audience pouring into @CityRecitalHall for Opening Nite @pinchgut “Farnace”, first of five performances. Tois to cast, company, crew, creatives & Orchestra of the Antipodes / @ErinHelyard.

Italian harpsichord for Italian Opera: 1990 Grimaldi ready to go for @ErinHelyard to conduct this morning’s @pinchgut general rehearsal of Vivaldi’s “Faranace” @CityRecitalHall.

Well, that portrait of young Mozart at the harpsichord sold @ChristiesInc Paris for >EUR4 million. christies.com/lotfinder/pain…

Another interesting read just arrived in today's mail from UK: Michael Hannon's "Mrs Findlay's Broadwood Square Piano".

One of my favorite tasks of harpsichord construction: Strings now going on the 2019 Ruckers Double.

BREAKING NEWS: First harpsichord maker in the world with a fax machine (June 1988) pulls the plug… [My fax line is now deprecated.]

A portrait of 13yr-old Mozart at the harpsichord will be auctioned Nov 27 in Paris by @ChristiesInc. christies.com/features/A-rar…

Something to look forward to: Next @pinchgut offering is Vivaldi’s “Faranace” / @ErinHelyard — 5 performances @CityRecitalHall from Dec 4. amp.smh.com.au/culture/opera/…

Handel wasn't the first or only to make something out of the wonderful myth of Acis & Galatea: Here's jealous Polyphemus casting the stone with which he kills Acis. [Detail, Anon Italian harpsichord lid painting, c1700.]

There's so few harpsichords in the Arab-speaking world: Welcome news via @Mondoweiss of a harpsichord making its unlikely way to Palestine. mondoweiss.net/2019/11/a-harp…

Sydney's new HIP opera company, Ensemble Polyphème debuts with three performances of Handel's "Acis & Galatea" this w/e. ensemblepolypheme.com/performances

Bedtime reading sufficient for several nights in this new arrival for my library: Bowett's "Woods in British Furniture Making 1400–1900 — An Illustrated Historical Survey"

First time working with @OmegaEnsemble & @TheAustVoices today, using Continuo Organ for their "Eternal Requiems" program @CityRecitalHall tonight. omegaensemble.com.au/events/eternal…

Everything returning home to roost & filling my front room again: Fortepiano back from 15 @OperaAustralia performances; Ruckers Double & Continuo Organ back from @A_C_O tour…

Hobart ✈ Sydney on QANTAS Boeing 717-200, 647 miles, 2hr 10min.