'… a warm welcome for this handsome, scholarly and approachable book … as an account of the clavichord's evolution, this one is outstanding'. The Musical Times

• Foreword; Christopher Hogwood; List of plates; Acknowledgements; 1. Origins of the clavichord; 2. The early clavichord: 1400 to the beginning of the sixteenth century; 3. The clavichord in the sixteenth century; 4. The clavichord in the seventeenth century; 5. The clavichord in the eighteenth century; 6. The clavichord in the nineteenth century; 7. Aspects of clavichord performance practice; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'… a warm welcome for this handsome, scholarly and approachable book … as an account of the clavichord's evolution, this one is outstanding'. The Musical Times

• Foreword; Christopher Hogwood; List of plates; Acknowledgements; 1. Origins of the clavichord; 2. The early clavichord: 1400 to the beginning of the sixteenth century; 3. The clavichord in the sixteenth century; 4. The clavichord in the seventeenth century; 5. The clavichord in the eighteenth century; 6. The clavichord in the nineteenth century; 7. Aspects of clavichord performance practice; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'… a warm welcome for this handsome, scholarly and approachable book … as an account of the clavichord's evolution, this one is outstanding'. The Musical Times

• Foreword; Christopher Hogwood; List of plates; Acknowledgements; 1. Origins of the clavichord; 2. The early clavichord: 1400 to the beginning of the sixteenth century; 3. The clavichord in the sixteenth century; 4. The clavichord in the seventeenth century; 5. The clavichord in the eighteenth century; 6. The clavichord in the nineteenth century; 7. Aspects of clavichord performance practice; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.