{"id":26192,"date":"2024-09-27T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/?p=26192"},"modified":"2024-10-16T10:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:17:35","slug":"clavecins-blanchet-taskin-riva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/clavecins-blanchet-taskin-riva\/","title":{"rendered":"Trois si\u00e8cles de facture de clavecins illustr\u00e9s par Blanchet, Taskin et Riva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"francais\">C&#8217;est un voyage \u00e0 travers trois si\u00e8cles de facture de clavecins que vous propose Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024. Le parcours d\u00e9bute avec l&#8217;\u00e9pinette de Nicolas Blanchet (1676), t\u00e9moin pr\u00e9cieux de l&#8217;\u00e9poque o\u00f9 le clavecin r\u00e9gnait en ma\u00eetre sur la musique europ\u00e9enne. Ce rare instrument, sign\u00e9 de l\u2019un des plus grands facteurs parisiens, est le premier connu \u00e0 avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Nicolas Blanchet et marque le d\u00e9but d&#8217;une dynastie de luthiers parisiens ayant fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 l\u2019histoire de la musique du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. Il est suivi par une \u00e9pinette de 1778, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par Pascal Taskin, digne successeur des Blanchet, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque o\u00f9 la famille d&#8217;instruments atteint son apog\u00e9e sous les doigts de compositeurs comme Jean-Philippe Rameau ou Fran\u00e7ois Couperin. Ce chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre, probablement offert \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la naissance du dauphin de France, combine tradition et innovation, comme en t\u00e9moigne sa s\u0153ur jumelle conserv\u00e9e \u00e0 Yale. Enfin, le virginal d&#8217;Alessandro Riva (1835) offre un \u00e9mouvant et dernier regard sur les claviers \u00e0 cordes pinc\u00e9es, juste avant qu\u2019ils ne soient \u00e9clips\u00e9s par le piano. De l&#8217;atelier parisien de Blanchet et Taskin \u00e0 celui de Riva en Italie, ces instruments t\u00e9moignent du r\u00f4le majeur de ces luthiers dans l\u2019histoire de la facture instrumentale. R\u00e9unis pour cette vente exceptionnelle, ils symbolisent \u00e0 eux seuls l\u2019\u00e9volution du go\u00fbt, de la facture et des pratiques de jeu d\u2019une famille d\u2019instruments qui, sur plus de trois si\u00e8cles, resplendit&nbsp;!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-11-09-vcp-catalogue-127.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catalogue<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/art-decoration\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-638969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vente du 8 novembre 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/art-decoration\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-638971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vente du 9 novembre 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/vichy-encheres\/equipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#english\">English version<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Au commencement, les Blanchet\u2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La dynastie Blanchet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>La famille Blanchet est l&#8217;une des plus \u00e9minentes dynasties de facteurs parisiens de claviers \u00e0 cordes pinc\u00e9es des XVIIe et XVIIIe si\u00e8cles. Sur trois g\u00e9n\u00e9rations, les membres de la famille perfectionn\u00e8rent les clavecins et, par ce biais, contribu\u00e8rent \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9volution de la musique baroque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le terme de \u201cclavecin\u201d d\u00e9signe \u00e0 la fois un instrument pr\u00e9cis &#8211; descendant du psalt\u00e9rion &#8211; et l&#8217;ensemble des instruments \u00e0 sautereaux. Pour rappel, l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, semblable au clavecin, a seulement un chevalet sur la table d\u2019harmonie, tandis que le virginal en a deux.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Couperin: Pi\u00e8ces de Clavecin, 17\u00e9me ordre. Michael Borgstede, harpsichord.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pugFyYR2uTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1359\" data-id=\"26193\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Vue du bourg Saint-Germain depuis le Mont-Parnasse, les Carmes, les clochers de Saint-Germain-des- Pr\u00e8s et la galerie du Louvre. Isra\u00ebl Silvestre.\" class=\"wp-image-26193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-1536x815.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-2048x1087.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-1568x832.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-100x53.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vue du bourg Saint-Germain depuis le Mont-Parnasse, les Carmes, les clochers de Saint-Germain-des- Pr\u00e8s et la galerie du Louvre. Isra\u00ebl Silvestre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Le clavecin occupait une place centrale dans la musique, servant \u00e0 la fois de soliste et d\u2019accompagnement d\u2019ensembles. Les plus grands virtuoses de l\u2019\u00e9poque, tels que Fran\u00e7ois Couperin ou Jacques Duphly, compos\u00e8rent des \u0153uvres pour l\u2019instrument, qui devint un symbole de la musique baroque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, cette place du clavecin dans l&#8217;histoire de la musique doit beaucoup au travail des Blanchet (et \u00e0 leurs suites, des Taskin), qui \u00e9lev\u00e8rent leur conception et construction \u00e0 un niveau de complexit\u00e9 et de perfection jamais&nbsp;\u00e9gal\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le fondateur de la dynastie, Nicolas Blanchet est originaire de Reims, o\u00f9 il naquit vers 1660. Il d\u00e9m\u00e9nage \u00e0 Paris probablement pour r\u00e9aliser son apprentissage. Vers 1686, il s\u2019\u00e9tablit en tant que ma\u00eetre facteur, rue des Foss\u00e9s-Saint-Germain, et ne tarde pas \u00e0 se faire conna\u00eetre parmi les facteurs parisiens. Il re\u00e7oit le titre officiel de \u201cma\u00eetre\u201d au sein de la corporation des facteurs d\u2019instruments en 1689<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Son fils, Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet (I), naquit vers 1695. Il le rejoint dans les ann\u00e9es 1720 et, avec lui, participe au prestige de l\u2019atelier familial &#8211; reconstruisant et adaptant notamment des instruments flamands pour les rendre conformes aux exigences du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle fran\u00e7ais. En quelques ann\u00e9es, le nom des Blanchet devient synonyme d&#8217;excellence \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise et l\u2019atelier triple sa valeur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet est d\u2019ailleurs nomm\u00e9 facteur des clavecins de la cour de France, une position incluant l&#8217;entretien et la restauration des instruments de la collection royale. \u00c0 sa mort en 1761, son fils Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne (II) prend la rel\u00e8ve, continuant \u00e0 innover et&nbsp;\u00e0&nbsp;produire des clavecins jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa propre mort en 1766<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr\u00e8s la disparition des Blanchet, Pascal Taskin, un ancien apprenti et membre de la famille par alliance, reprend l&#8217;atelier et perp\u00e9tue la tradition familiale, marquant la fin d&#8217;une \u00e9poque et le d\u00e9but d\u2019une nouvelle \u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2073\" data-id=\"26195\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet, Clavecin, 1736, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris, cr\u00e9dits Claude Germain\" class=\"wp-image-26195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1536x1244.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-2048x1658.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1568x1270.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-100x81.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1278\" data-id=\"26197\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet, Clavecin, 1736, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris, cr\u00e9dits Claude Germain\" class=\"wp-image-26197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-2048x1023.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1568x783.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-100x50.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois \u00c9tienne Blanchet, Clavecin, 1736, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris, cr\u00e9dits Claude Germain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mais revenons \u00e0 l\u2019homme \u00e0 l\u2019origine de cette lign\u00e9e : Nicolas Blanchet. Issu d&#8217;une famille modeste, son p\u00e8re \u00e9tait marchand drapier. Il est probable qu&#8217;il ait fait son apprentissage \u00e0 Paris dans l&#8217;atelier de Pierre de la Cousture, un ma\u00eetre faiseur de clavecins. Ce lien possible est renforc\u00e9 par le fait que Blanchet \u00e9pousa Marthe Bacquet en 1686, dont la famille pourrait \u00eatre li\u00e9e \u00e0 celle de Pierre de la Cousture qui \u00e9tait mari\u00e9 \u00e0 une d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e Marie Bacquet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 1689, il devient officiellement ma\u00eetre facteur d&#8217;instruments, une \u00e9tape d\u00e9cisive dans sa carri\u00e8re. Il se construit rapidement une solide r\u00e9putation de facteur de clavecins et attire une client\u00e8le prestigieuse. Son travail comprend \u00e9galement le ravalement d\u2019instruments flamands, tels que&nbsp; ceux de Ruckers ou Couchet &#8211; particuli\u00e8rement pris\u00e9s par la noblesse et les virtuoses de l&#8217;\u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>T\u00e9moignant de sa prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 grandissante et de sa situation privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e, il investit, en 1701, 3.000 livres dans une rente sur le tr\u00e9sor royal<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>. En 1715, il est \u00e9lu jur\u00e9 de la corporation des facteurs d\u2019instruments, une position importante qui lui permet de jouer un r\u00f4le administratif dans la r\u00e9gulation de la profession. Il meurt le 10 avril 1731. A la mort de son \u00e9pouse Marthe Bacquet en 1722, l&#8217;inventaire de l&#8217;atelier r\u00e9v\u00e8lera un atelier richement \u00e9quip\u00e9, comprenant trois \u00e9tablis dont deux enti\u00e8rement \u00e9quip\u00e9s &#8211; sugg\u00e9rant que le p\u00e8re et le fils travaillaient seuls<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Boalch online https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> &nbsp;Hunt, 2000, p.69<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"662\" data-id=\"26199\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Blanchet, Epinette, 1709, Horniman Museum and Gardens\" class=\"wp-image-26199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens.jpg 750w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens-100x88.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolas Blanchet, Epinette, 1709, Horniman Museum and Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"506\" data-id=\"26350\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles.jpg\" alt=\"Ioannes Ruckers, attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Nicolas Blanchet, Claude III Audran, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles\" class=\"wp-image-26350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles.jpg 758w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ioannes Ruckers, attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Nicolas Blanchet, Claude III Audran, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une \u00e9pinette de Nicolas Blanchet de 1676<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le plus ancien instrument connu de Nicolas Blanchet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26243\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26245\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26251\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26255\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26261\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26267\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dat\u00e9e 1676 sur la premi\u00e8re touche d\u2019origine, cette \u00e9pinette est en tous points exceptionnelle, que ce soit en raison de son anciennet\u00e9 que de son importance historique &#8211; l\u2019instrument se situant aux fondements de la facture d&#8217;instruments \u00e0 claviers parisiens. Il s\u2019agit en effet du plus ancien instrument connu de Blanchet, fabriqu\u00e9 alors qu&#8217;il n\u2019avait gu\u00e8re plus de 16 ans. Cette \u00e9pinette nous offre d\u00e8s lors un pr\u00e9cieux t\u00e9moignage du savoir-faire naissant de Blanchet, et porte en elle les germes des \u00e9volutions techniques et esth\u00e9tiques des si\u00e8cles suivants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cCompte tenu de la jeunesse de Blanchet lorsqu\u2019il a fabriqu\u00e9 cet instrument \u2013 il avait environ 16 ans \u2013 on peut supposer qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u2019une pi\u00e8ce d\u2019apprentissage de taille r\u00e9duite, comme les commodes miniatures fabriqu\u00e9es par les apprentis \u00e9b\u00e9nistes. Le chapiteau des sautereaux, dont l\u2019original manque, sans doute portait selon l\u2019usage un nom, peut-\u00eatre celui de son ma\u00eetre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>La caisse, construite en noyer et en sapin, t\u00e9moigne d\u2019une fabrication soign\u00e9e. La profondeur et les dimensions de l\u2019instrument trahissent une adaptation au go\u00fbt et aux exigences de jeu du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, puisque la caisse a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9largie de 14,3 mm sur la gauche, afin d\u2019ajouter des notes. Le clavier est d\u2019ailleurs particuli\u00e8rement remarquable. Il est compos\u00e9 de touches en tilleul et en peuplier, avec des marches en \u00e9b\u00e8ne finement sculpt\u00e9es, orn\u00e9es de deux traits incis\u00e9s. Certaines touches ont conserv\u00e9 leur rev\u00eatement d\u2019origine en os, tandis que d&#8217;autres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 remplac\u00e9es au cours des restaurations et peintes en blanc. Les touches num\u00e9rot\u00e9es t\u00e9moignent des ajouts r\u00e9alis\u00e9s lors du ravalement, avec des num\u00e9ros signalant les notes ajout\u00e9es (marqu\u00e9es OOO OO O). La touche num\u00e9ro 1, correspondant au Si (B), \u00e9tait autrefois la note la plus grave de l&#8217;instrument, avant les extensions de l\u2019octave. Elle porte plusieurs inscriptions, dont son num\u00e9ro \u201cI\u201d, ainsi qu\u2019un chiffre \u201c676\u201d (pour 1676) grav\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019encre, sous une croix et quelques lettres encore visibles sous UV, que l\u2019on peut lire \u201cNCB\u201d, et qui confirment l\u2019origine de l\u2019instrument. La complexit\u00e9 de cette inscription peu lisible explique que Dowd et Boalch aient lu la date de \u201c1696\u201d au lieu de \u201c1676\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLe chiffre \u201c7\u201d est \u00e9crit en juxtaposant l\u2019empattement de la croix et certains (DOWD et BOALCH) l\u2019ont lu comme un \u201c9\u201d.&nbsp; La lettre \u201cn\u201d, endommag\u00e9e, est semblable \u00e0 celle du clavecin de 1693 sign\u00e9 Nicolas Blanchet. Cette \u00e9pinette est r\u00e9pertori\u00e9e comme l\u2019\u0153uvre de Nicolas Blanchet, et serait donc la plus ancienne connue du facteur, encore adolescent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">William DOWD, <em>\u201cThe Surviving Instruments of the Blanchet Workshop\u201d<\/em> <em>in: <\/em>The Historical Harpsichord, vol. 1 ed. H. Schott, Pendragon Press, New York, 1984, pp. 30,31. Cette erreur est reproduite dans Boalch-Mould Online, entr\u00e9e no. BMO-171, dans Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Le chevalet est caract\u00e9ristique de l\u2019\u00e9poque. Mont\u00e9 en onglet, il s\u2019appuie sur une technique de construction couramment utilis\u00e9e dans la fabrication des \u00e9pinettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette pi\u00e8ce majeure de l\u2019histoire de la lutherie a travers\u00e9 les si\u00e8cles, passant entre les mains expertes des sp\u00e9cialistes de clavecins Anthony Sidey et Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bal &#8211; ce dernier a d\u2019ailleurs r\u00e9alis\u00e9 trois r\u00e9pliques de l\u2019\u00e9pinette attestant de son importance historique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1001\" data-id=\"26201\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures.jpg\" alt=\"Comparaison signatures\" class=\"wp-image-26201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-1024x959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-100x94.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Comparaison signatures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"1062\" data-id=\"26203\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv.jpg\" alt=\"Signature ottavino Blanchet sous UV\" class=\"wp-image-26203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv.jpg 519w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv-500x1024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv-49x100.jpg 49w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signature ottavino Blanchet sous UV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une commande prestigieuse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26249\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26251\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26253\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Les d\u00e9tails d\u00e9coratifs de l\u2019\u00e9pinette sont particuli\u00e8rement minutieux et dignes d\u2019une commande prestigieuse. Le couvercle, en tilleul, est orn\u00e9 de peintures datant probablement de la fin du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. L\u2019ext\u00e9rieur est noir, encadr\u00e9 de bandes de peinture imitant le bronze, tandis que l\u2019int\u00e9rieur est d\u2019un rouge vif, rehauss\u00e9 de moulures dor\u00e9es. Les charni\u00e8res en laiton, finement d\u00e9cor\u00e9es, ajoutent une touche de raffinement \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble. Le couvercle fait partie du ravalement et t\u00e9moigne des transformations apport\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019instrument au cours des si\u00e8cles. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>La table d\u2019harmonie, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en sapin, est d\u00e9cor\u00e9e \u00e0 la d\u00e9trempe de motifs floraux, typiques des peintures ornant les instruments de l\u2019\u00e9poque, encadr\u00e9s de rinceaux bleu clair. Ces petites natures mortes aux fleurs \u00e9voquent la peinture fran\u00e7aise d\u2019un Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fran\u00e7ois Desportes ou, apr\u00e8s eux, Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contrairement \u00e0 d\u2019autres \u00e9pinettes, celle-ci se distingue par son absence de rosace, une caract\u00e9ristique rare et notable. Le chevalet et le sillet, tous deux en noyer moulur\u00e9 dans le style italien, t\u00e9moignent \u00e9galement du raffinement port\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-13 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1142\" data-id=\"26205\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fruit et fleur, Mus\u00e9e de l'Hermitage, Saint-Petersbourg\" class=\"wp-image-26205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-1536x914.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-1568x933.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-100x59.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fruit et fleur, Mus\u00e9e de l&#8217;Hermitage, Saint-Petersbourg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" data-id=\"26207\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois Desportes, Les M\u00e9sanges, d\u00e9tail\" class=\"wp-image-26207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail-100x81.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois Desportes, Les M\u00e9sanges, d\u00e9tail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"1260\" data-id=\"26209\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon.jpg\" alt=\"Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9, Rose Centifolia avec papillon paon\" class=\"wp-image-26209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon.jpg 951w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-768x1018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9, Rose Centifolia avec papillon paon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le symbole de la transition des pratiques musicales de la Renaissance au Baroque<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cet instrument est le t\u00e9moin d\u2019une pratique courante \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque : l\u2019usage domestique des \u00e9pinettes. \u00c0 la diff\u00e9rence du clavecin, plus imposant et co\u00fbteux, l\u2019\u00e9pinette \u00e9tait plus petite et plus abordable, ce qui faisait d\u2019elle l\u2019instrument id\u00e9al pour la musique de chambre. Bien que le clavecin ait connu un plus grand succ\u00e8s en tant qu\u2019instrument de concert, l\u2019\u00e9pinette a continu\u00e9 d\u2019occuper une place importante dans les sph\u00e8res musicales priv\u00e9es. L\u2019\u00e9pinette de Blanchet de 1676 en est un parfait exemple et symbolise cette transition entre les pratiques musicales de la Renaissance et celles de l\u2019\u00e8re baroque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comme le souligne Christopher Clarke, expert et facteur d\u2019instruments \u00e0 claviers anciens, sa conception est conforme aux mod\u00e8les illustr\u00e9s dans l\u2019ouvrage <em>Harmonicorum Instrumentorum<\/em> de Marin Mersenne datant de 1636, ce qui en fait un objet rare et repr\u00e9sentatif des pratiques instrumentales de l&#8217;\u00e9poque. Initialement, l&#8217;\u00e9pinette de Blanchet comportait une octave basse courte (sol\/si-do4) et un chevalet en onglet, avant d\u2019\u00eatre agrandie au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. Le ravalement, effectu\u00e9 \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, a permis d\u2019\u00e9largir l\u2019\u00e9tendue de l\u2019instrument, t\u00e9moignant ainsi de son usage prolong\u00e9 et de l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat constant pour ces instruments \u00e0 travers les si\u00e8cles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9pinette de Nicolas Blanchet se fait le reflet des pratiques musicales de l\u2019\u00e9poque, marqu\u00e9e par l&#8217;utilisation d&#8217;instruments \u00e0 octave. Comme le souligne Christopher&nbsp;Clarke, ces instruments, couramment utilis\u00e9s durant la Renaissance et le d\u00e9but du baroque, \u00ab&nbsp;avaient des tessitures d\u00e9cal\u00e9es, dont certaines pouvaient cohabiter quasi-ind\u00e9pendamment dans la m\u00eame bo\u00eete. Celles d\u00e9cal\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019octave avaient deux fonctions&nbsp;: soit d\u2019\u00eatre jou\u00e9es en solo, soit de renforcer ou \u00e9claircir la sonorit\u00e9 des jeux \u00e0 l\u2019unisson. Au fil du XVIIIe c\u2019est cette derni\u00e8re utilisation qui finit par primer.&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; La restauration de cet instrument, en particulier le ravalement du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, lui a permis de conserver son esth\u00e9tique d&#8217;origine tout en l&#8217;adaptant aux nouveaux go\u00fbts et besoins musicaux de l\u2019\u00e9poque. En somme, cette \u00e9pinette de 1676 cristallise non seulement le savoir-faire de Nicolas Blanchet d\u00e8s son plus jeune \u00e2ge, mais elle illustre aussi la continuit\u00e9 et l\u2019\u00e9volution des instruments \u00e0 clavier \u00e0 travers les si\u00e8cles. Son importance historique r\u00e9side ainsi dans le t\u00e9moignage qu\u2019elle offre de cette p\u00e9riode de transition entre les traditions de la Renaissance et les innovations du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle, ce qui en fait un objet remarquable \u00e0 plus d\u2019un titre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-14 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"596\" data-id=\"26211\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk.jpg\" alt=\"Pier Francesco Foschi, Une dame jouant de l'\u00e9pinette, vers 1550, National Museum, Gdansk\" class=\"wp-image-26211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk.jpg 402w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pier Francesco Foschi, Une dame jouant de l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, vers 1550, National Museum, Gdansk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2063\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26213\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck \u00e0 l'\u00e9pinette, 1775, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienne\" class=\"wp-image-26213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-scaled.jpg 2063w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-1238x1536.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-1651x2048.jpg 1651w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-1568x1945.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-81x100.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2063px) 100vw, 2063px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, 1775, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1098\" data-id=\"26215\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc.jpg\" alt=\"Lavinia Fontana, Autoportrait \u00e0 l'\u00e9pinette, 1577, Acad\u00e9mie nationale de Saint-Luc\" class=\"wp-image-26215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc.jpg 964w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-899x1024.jpg 899w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-768x875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-88x100.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lavinia Fontana, Autoportrait \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, 1577, Acad\u00e9mie nationale de Saint-Luc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1051\" height=\"1871\" data-id=\"26217\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636.jpg\" alt=\"Marin Mersenne, Harmonicorum Instrumentorum, ottavino, 1636\" class=\"wp-image-26217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-768x1367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-56x100.jpg 56w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marin Mersenne, Harmonicorum Instrumentorum, ottavino, 1636<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A l\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019or, les Taskin\u2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Des Blanchet aux Taskin : la dynastie d\u2019un seul atelier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLes deux \u00e9pinettes [de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res du 9 novembre 2024] sont toutes deux \u00e0 l&#8217;octave qui, \u00e0 un si\u00e8cle d&#8217;intervalle, illustrent les ann\u00e9es de gloire d&#8217;une seule dynastie d&#8217;ateliers parisiens, repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e ici \u00e0 son d\u00e9but par Nicolas Blanchet (vers 1760-1731) par le plus ancien instrument connu de lui, dat\u00e9 de 1676 sur sa premi\u00e8re touche d&#8217;origine.&nbsp; Le second instrument fut r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1778 par son c\u00e9l\u00e8bre successeur, Pascal Taskin (1723-1793)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Le lien entre Nicolas Blanchet et Pascal Taskin s\u2019\u00e9tablit \u00e0 travers la transmission de l\u2019atelier entre les deux familles. Pascal Joseph Taskin rejoint en effet l\u2019atelier de Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet II, le petit-fils de Nicolas Blanchet, et se forme aupr\u00e8s de lui. Cette connexion entre les deux familles s\u2019intensifie lorsque Joseph Taskin \u00e9pouse la veuve de Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet, Marie-Genevi\u00e8ve Gobin, en 1766, devenant ainsi le successeur direct de la famille Blanchet &#8211; h\u00e9ritant de l&#8217;atelier et du titre de facteur de clavecins du roi<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bien qu\u2019ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 un facteur innovant, Taskin resta profond\u00e9ment respectueux des m\u00e9thodes et des traditions \u00e9tablies par les Blanchet. Il continua de pratiquer le ravalement des anciens clavecins flamands, tout en introduisant des am\u00e9liorations techniques. Le passage de la direction de l\u2019atelier des Blanchet \u00e0 Taskin est ainsi une transition naturelle, assurant la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 du savoir-faire parisien, tout en l\u2019enrichissant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-15 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26339\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pascal Joseph Taskin (I)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Pascal Taskin, n\u00e9 le 2 juillet 1723 \u00e0 Theux, dans la principaut\u00e9 de Li\u00e8ge, est sans doute le membre le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre de la famille Taskin. Fils d\u2019un modeste menuisier, il d\u00e9bute sa carri\u00e8re \u00e0 Paris, en tant qu\u2019apprenti de Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet. En 1766, il est admis comme ma\u00eetre de la guilde des facteurs d&#8217;instruments \u00e0 clavier. Il se distingue rapidement par sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9nover et transformer des clavecins anciens, comme le faisaient les Blanchet. Le <em>Museum of Fine Arts<\/em> de Boston conserve l\u2019un de ces instruments, un clavecin de Joseph Joannes Couchet r\u00e9alis\u00e9 \u00e0 Anvers en 1680, et modifi\u00e9 par Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet et Pascal Taskin, \u00e0 Paris, en 1758 et 1781<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>.&nbsp; <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L&#8217;une des principales innovations de Pascal Joseph Taskin est l&#8217;introduction des plectres en peau, ou &#8220;clavecin \u00e0 buffle&#8221;, qui adoucissent la sonorit\u00e9 et apportent une nouvelle expressivit\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#8217;instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.philharmoniedeparis.fr\/catalogue\/doc\/ALOES\/0260806\/clavecin-2-claviers-joseph-joannes-couchet-anvers-1680-modifie-par-francois-etienne-blanchet-et-pasc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> plus d\u2019informations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-16 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"704\" data-id=\"26219\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund.jpg\" alt=\"Ioannes Couchet, Pascal-Joseph Taskin, Clavecin, Nydahl Collection, Su\u00e8de, cr\u00e9dits photo Hans Skoglund\" class=\"wp-image-26219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund.jpg 704w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ioannes Couchet, Pascal-Joseph Taskin, Clavecin, Nydahl Collection, Su\u00e8de, cr\u00e9dits photo Hans Skoglund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"1268\" data-id=\"26221\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure.jpg\" alt=\"Rue de la Verrerie, Paris, gravure\" class=\"wp-image-26221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure.jpg 880w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-768x1107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-69x100.jpg 69w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rue de la Verrerie, Paris, gravure <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ce d\u00e9veloppement a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 renforcer la r\u00e9putation de Taskin, lui permettant de devenir l&#8217;un des facteurs d&#8217;instruments les plus recherch\u00e9s de la Cour. L&#8217;atelier de Taskin, situ\u00e9 rue de la Verrerie<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> \u00e0 Paris, est devenu un centre d&#8217;innovation et de production de clavecins de haute qualit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>Taskin a \u00e9galement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la transition vers le pianoforte. En 1788, il pr\u00e9sente un mod\u00e8le de piano \u00e0 l&#8217;Acad\u00e9mie des sciences, d\u00e9montrant son int\u00e9r\u00eat pour les innovations. En plus de ses talents de facteur, Taskin est \u00e9galement un excellent gestionnaire. Il parvient \u00e0 conserver les clients prestigieux des Blanchet tout en en attirant de nouveaux, tels que des membres de la cour royale et des musiciens renomm\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00c0 sa mort en 1793, l&#8217;atelier est repris par son neveu, Pascal Joseph Taskin (II). Ce dernier a v\u00e9cu et travaill\u00e9 avec son oncle jusqu\u2019en 1777, avant d\u2019ouvrir son atelier \u00e0 Versailles et de reprendre quelques-unes des responsabilit\u00e9s de facteur de la Cour &#8211; charge qui lui fut enti\u00e8rement d\u00e9volue en 1793. Outre des clavecins, il fabriquait \u00e9galement des pianos. Le fils de Pascal Joseph Taskin (II), Henri-Joseph Taskin, poursuivit quant \u00e0 lui une carri\u00e8re dans la musique en tant que professeur de piano<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> et fut le gendre du claveciniste Armand-Louis Couperin (le neveu de Fran\u00e7ois Couperin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\">Boalch onlin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">L\u2019importance historique de l\u2019\u00e9pinette de Pascal Taskin de 1778<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entre h\u00e9ritage et innovations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-17 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26289\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"26329\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9pinette fabriqu\u00e9e par Pascal Taskin en 1778 est un chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre de la facture instrumentale, \u00e0 la fois par sa virtuosit\u00e9 technique, son raffinement esth\u00e9tique et son importance historique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-18 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"845\" data-id=\"26223\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde.jpg\" alt=\"Carmontelle, Mozart enfant jouant au piano avec son p\u00e8re et sa soeur 1762, Mus\u00e9e Cond\u00e9\" class=\"wp-image-26223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde.jpg 540w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde-64x100.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carmontelle, Mozart enfant jouant au piano avec son p\u00e8re et sa soeur 1762, Mus\u00e9e Cond\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"26225\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e.jpg\" alt=\"Publicit\u00e9 Liebig, Evolution des instruments de musique au XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle\" class=\"wp-image-26225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e.jpg 465w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Publicit\u00e9 Liebig, Evolution des instruments de musique au XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> Cet instrument, construit selon les traditions h\u00e9rit\u00e9es de la famille Blanchet, repr\u00e9sente l\u2019apog\u00e9e du savoir-faire fran\u00e7ais en mati\u00e8re de facture de claviers \u00e0 sautereaux \u00e0 la veille de la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taskin reprend les techniques de fabrication des \u00e9pinettes d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es par les Blanchet tout en y apportant des am\u00e9liorations notables. La m\u00e9canique de l\u2019instrument, bien que semblable \u00e0 celle des clavecins de la m\u00eame \u00e9poque, est ainsi optimis\u00e9e pour offrir une meilleure r\u00e9activit\u00e9 au jeu du musicien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9pinette de 1778 est construite avec des mat\u00e9riaux de haute qualit\u00e9, notamment des bois pr\u00e9cieux comme le noyer et l\u2019\u00e9b\u00e8ne &#8211; lui conf\u00e9rant robustesse et \u00e9l\u00e9gance. L\u2019importance historique de cet instrument ne se limite pas \u00e0 ses qualit\u00e9s techniques. Tout comme l\u2019instrument de Blanchet, l\u2019\u00e9pinette de Taskin est un t\u00e9moignage de l\u2019\u00e9volution des go\u00fbts musicaux de son \u00e9poque. \u00c0 la fin du XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, la musique pour claviers \u00e0 cordes pinc\u00e9es devient de plus en plus&nbsp;estim\u00e9e, et des compositeurs comme Joseph Haydn et Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart d\u00e9veloppent le r\u00e9pertoire en composant pour l\u2019instrument. L\u2019\u00e9pinette de 1778, avec ses innovations techniques, s\u2019inscrit pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment dans ce mouvement de recherche d\u2019une plus grande sensibilit\u00e9 musicale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un instrument pr\u00e9cieusement conserv\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-19 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26321\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26323\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26313\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26327\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"26329\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"26331\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"734\" data-id=\"26335\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-1024x294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-1536x440.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-2048x587.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-1568x449.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-100x29.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26337\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26339\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Con\u00e7ue \u00e0 Paris, cette \u00e9pinette se distingue par sa caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale aux \u00e9clisses incurv\u00e9es vers le clavier, mont\u00e9e sur des pieds fusel\u00e9s et cannel\u00e9s dans le go\u00fbt typiquement Louis XVI, lui donnant une allure \u00e0 la fois \u00e9l\u00e9gante et robuste. L&#8217;instrument dispose d&#8217;une \u00e9tendue notable de 62 notes (de E \u00e0 f4), lui permettant de jouer quelques pi\u00e8ces modernes&nbsp;avec le E grave. Son authenticit\u00e9 est attest\u00e9e par plusieurs \u00e9l\u00e9ments essentiels. Tout d&#8217;abord, l&#8217;inscription grav\u00e9e derri\u00e8re les touches, en lettres rouges majuscules, porte la mention : &#8220;FAIT PAR PASCAL TASKIN A PARIS 1788&#8221;, confirmant l&#8217;origine et la datation de l&#8217;instrument. De plus, la table d\u2019harmonie est marqu\u00e9e d\u2019un monogramme &#8220;PT 1778&#8221;, entour\u00e9 d&#8217;une couronne de fleurs, renfor\u00e7ant ainsi la signature du ma\u00eetre luthier. Un autre signe d\u2019authenticit\u00e9 se trouve sur la touche Mi2, o\u00f9 l\u2019inscription &#8220;PASCAL TASKIN&#8221; est marqu\u00e9e au fer, accompagn\u00e9e de l&#8217;ann\u00e9e &#8220;1778&#8221; et du chiffre &#8220;I&#8221;, typique des marquages utilis\u00e9s par l&#8217;atelier Taskin pour l\u2019identification des touches et des composants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9tiquette imprim\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de l\u2019\u00e9chine, \u00e0 l&#8217;arri\u00e8re de l&#8217;instrument, fournit une autre preuve irr\u00e9futable de son origine. Elle pr\u00e9cise : &#8220;PASCAL TASKIN, Facteur de Clavessins &amp; Garde des Instrumens de Musique du Roi, Eleve et Successeur de M. BLANCHET, rue de la Verrerie, vis-\u00e0-vis S. Merry. A PARIS.&#8221; Cette inscription confirme non seulement la paternit\u00e9 de Taskin, mais \u00e9galement son statut de facteur officiel des instruments de musique du roi &#8211; h\u00e9ritier de Blanchet. L&#8217;instrument porte \u00e9galement la marque d&#8217;une r\u00e9vision effectu\u00e9e par son neveu, Pascal Joseph Taskin (II), en 1795, comme en t\u00e9moigne l\u2019inscription manuscrite situ\u00e9e derri\u00e8re le couteau : &#8220;remplum\u00e9e et redrap\u00e9e par Pascal Taskin \u00e0 Versailles ce 12 ao\u00fbt 1795&#8221;. Ce fait historique t\u00e9moigne de la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 de l\u2019atelier et du soin qui fut port\u00e9 \u00e0 cet instrument exceptionnel au sein de la famille Taskin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un cadeau c\u00e9l\u00e9brant la naissance du dauphin ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-20 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26289\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26291\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26293\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26315\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Le haut degr\u00e9 de raffinement du d\u00e9cor de l\u2019instrument \u00e9voque une provenance de premier ordre. En effet, cette \u00e9pinette est l\u2019une des plus pr\u00e9cieuses r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par Pascal Taskin. Or, en raison de son titre de facteur du roi, il est possible que l\u2019instrument ait \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9 pour un membre de la Cour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019une des hypoth\u00e8ses les plus int\u00e9ressantes repose sur la peinture du couvercle, qui pourrait symboliser la naissance du premier enfant de Louis XVI et de Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, n\u00e9e le 19 d\u00e9cembre 1778 &#8211; c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire l\u2019ann\u00e9e de r\u00e9alisation de l\u2019\u00e9pinette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toutefois, malgr\u00e9 cette correspondance historique, il est difficile d\u2019accr\u00e9diter une telle hypoth\u00e8se. D\u2019abord, parce que la peinture a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e<em> a posteriori<\/em>, sur le vernis original, et non pas au moment de la fabrication de l\u2019\u00e9pinette. Ensuite, parce que la figure du b\u00e9b\u00e9 a, \u00e0 en juger par ses attributs, davantage l\u2019air d\u2019un gar\u00e7on\u2026 Enfin, parce que les all\u00e9gories de naissances royales concernaient principalement les gar\u00e7ons &#8211; seuls h\u00e9ritiers au tr\u00f4ne. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>La naissance de Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, si elle a bien \u00e9t\u00e9 c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e dans les arts, reste picturalement beaucoup plus discr\u00e8te que celle de son fr\u00e8re, le dauphin Louis-Joseph de France &#8211; premier h\u00e9ritier du tr\u00f4ne de France &#8211; qui naquit quelques ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s la fabrication de l\u2019\u00e9pinette : le 22 octobre 1781.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement historique majeur, qui assurait la filiation de la branche l\u00e9gitime de la maison de Bourbon, correspond donc chronologiquement mieux \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisation de la peinture du couvercle de l\u2019\u00e9pinette. Un examen r\u00e9alis\u00e9 sous rayons X (par les conservateurs de <em>Yale University<\/em>) a permis de s\u2019assurer qu\u2019il n\u2019y avait rien qu\u2019un vernis en dessous de la peinture du couvercle. L\u2019instrument avait ainsi, \u00e0 l\u2019origine, un couvercle verni sans repr\u00e9sentation figurative, qui fut probablement recouvert d\u2019une peinture c\u00e9l\u00e9brant la naissance du dauphin. Cette hypoth\u00e8se est renforc\u00e9e par le titre de facteur du roi de Taskin, laissant supposer un travail pour un membre gravitant autour du monarque et d\u00e9sireux d\u2019offrir un pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 son souverain.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-21 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"26227\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf.jpg\" alt=\"Cammas, All\u00e9gorie relative \u00e0 la Naissance de Madame Royale, gravure, BnF\" class=\"wp-image-26227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf.jpg 689w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf-100x76.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cammas, All\u00e9gorie relative \u00e0 la Naissance de Madame Royale, gravure, BnF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"694\" data-id=\"26229\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois Guillaume M\u00e9nageot, All\u00e9gorie de la naissance du Dauphin en 1781, 1783, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, D\u00e9p\u00f4t au Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles\" class=\"wp-image-26229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles.jpg 906w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles-100x77.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois Guillaume M\u00e9nageot, All\u00e9gorie de la naissance du Dauphin en 1781, 1783, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, D\u00e9p\u00f4t au Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Une prouesse artistique ayant une soeur jumelle conserv\u00e9e \u00e0 Yale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-22 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26295\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-18-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26297\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. 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Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-24-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26315\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26319\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-23 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"26231\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, Yale School of Music, cr\u00e9dits photo Alex Contreras\" class=\"wp-image-26231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, Yale School of Music, cr\u00e9dits photo Alex Contreras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"26233\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, mod\u00e8le de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res expos\u00e9 \u00e0 la Yale School of Music\" class=\"wp-image-26233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, mod\u00e8le de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res expos\u00e9 \u00e0 la Yale School of Music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Outre cette remarquable peinture du couvercle, l\u2019instrument est enti\u00e8rement recouvert de d\u00e9cors attestant d\u2019une grande minutie, caract\u00e9ristiques de la vogue picturale de l\u2019\u00e9poque. La caisse en tilleul est orn\u00e9e d&#8217;un vernis d&#8217;un ton ivoire l\u00e9g\u00e8rement verd\u00e2tre, \u00e0 l&#8217;int\u00e9rieur comme \u00e0 l&#8217;ext\u00e9rieur, soulign\u00e9 par des motifs dor\u00e9s \u00e0 la feuille. \u00c0 l&#8217;int\u00e9rieur, des d\u00e9corations minutieuses pr\u00e9sentent des branches de roses et de bleuets, tandis que le pourtour du clavier est embelli par des guirlandes de fleurs et des troph\u00e9es musicaux peints avec une grande pr\u00e9cision, dans le go\u00fbt de peintres tels que Jean-Baptiste Huet ou Henri Sallembier. Ces motifs iconographiques sont charg\u00e9s de symboles typiques des d\u00e9cors ornant les claviers. Toutefois, ils se singularisent ici par leur foisonnement et leur extr\u00eame minutie &#8211; trahissant la main d\u2019un peintre assur\u00e9 &#8211; soutenant l\u2019hypoth\u00e8se d\u2019une noble provenance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>L\u2019instrument devait \u00eatre particuli\u00e8rement important puisqu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit en m\u00eame temps qu\u2019un mod\u00e8le jumeau, aujourd\u2019hui conserv\u00e9 dans les collections de <em>Yale University<\/em>. Cette autre \u00e9pinette, \u00e9galement r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en 1778, pr\u00e9sente sur le couvercle un paysage animalier. Nous ne savons pas si, tout comme le mod\u00e8le de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res du 9 novembre 2024, cette peinture a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e sur un vernis sous-jacent. Ces deux \u00e9pinettes jumelles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9unies durant plusieurs ann\u00e9es au sein des collections de la <em>Yale University<\/em>, comme on en trouve encore aujourd\u2019hui la trace sur<a href=\"https:\/\/music.yale.edu\/browse-collection\/epinette-4905-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> le site du mus\u00e9e<\/a>. Elle avait alors subi une restauration exemplaire en 1996, pour \u00eatre remise en \u00e9tat de jeu, par MM. Rutkowski et Robinette, conservateurs des collections d\u2019instruments de musique de Yale University, qui avaient alors pu comparer cet instrument et son jumeau. Leur rapport de restauration accompagne l\u2019instrument de la vente.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-24 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"26237\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e.jpg\" alt=\"Louis-Marin Bonnet d\u2019apr\u00e8s Henri Sallembier, Troph\u00e9e de musique, gravure en mani\u00e8re de crayon, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle\" class=\"wp-image-26237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e.jpg 583w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e-76x100.jpg 76w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis-Marin Bonnet d\u2019apr\u00e8s Henri Sallembier, Troph\u00e9e de musique, gravure en mani\u00e8re de crayon, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"742\" data-id=\"26239\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3.jpg\" alt=\"Gilles Demarteau d\u2019apr\u00e8s Jean-Baptiste Huet, Premier livre de diff\u00e9rents troph\u00e9es, 1772, 1er livre, n\u00b03\" class=\"wp-image-26239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3.jpg 505w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3-68x100.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gilles Demarteau d\u2019apr\u00e8s Jean-Baptiste Huet, Premier livre de diff\u00e9rents troph\u00e9es, 1772, 1er livre, n\u00b03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Au cr\u00e9puscule\u2026 Alessandro Riva<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alessandro Riva et son virginal de 1835<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Le virginal d&#8217;Alessandro Riva, fabriqu\u00e9 vers 1835 \u00e0 Bergame, est un instrument rare et pr\u00e9cieux qui t\u00e9moigne du savoir-faire de ce facteur peu connu et des derniers soubresauts de la facture de claviers \u00e0 sautereaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riva, dont l\u2019existence connue s\u2019\u00e9tend de 1803 \u00e0 1868, \u00e9tait un facteur d\u2019instruments respect\u00e9, et ce virginal, \u00e0 la fois simple dans sa conception et minutieusement \u00e9labor\u00e9, illustre parfaitement son savoir-faire. D&#8217;une \u00e9tendue de 54 notes (C\/E-a3), il pr\u00e9sente une caisse rectangulaire en noyer massif, mont\u00e9e sur quatre pieds rectangulaires en fuseau qui se vissent dans des blocs sous l&#8217;instrument, offrant stabilit\u00e9 et \u00e9l\u00e9gance. Le bois de noyer utilis\u00e9 pour la caisse et le couvercle, ainsi que le sapin du fond, attestent d\u2019un choix de mat\u00e9riaux de qualit\u00e9, typiques des instruments de l\u2019\u00e9poque, et assurent une r\u00e9sonance acoustique riche. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Le clavier, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en sapin, se distingue par ses marches plaqu\u00e9es en \u00e9b\u00e8ne et ses di\u00e8ses en bois fruitier teint\u00e9 et plaqu\u00e9 en os &#8211; des mat\u00e9riaux pass\u00e9s de mode \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque mais h\u00e9rit\u00e9s d\u2019un savoir-faire ancien. <em>A contrario<\/em>, les dimensions du clavier sont plut\u00f4t modernes puisque les touches ont les proportions de celles d\u2019un piano. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les m\u00e9canismes internes, tels que les sautereaux en poirier et les languettes en \u00e9rable, d\u00e9montrent une ing\u00e9nierie fine, avec des ressorts en acier et des becs en cuir dur, soigneusement calibr\u00e9s (3,4 mm de largeur et 1,65 mm d&#8217;\u00e9paisseur). Ces caract\u00e9ristiques r\u00e9v\u00e8lent une simplicit\u00e9 de conception associ\u00e9e \u00e0 une pr\u00e9cision d\u2019ex\u00e9cution, typique du travail de Riva. Notons enfin que l\u2019instrument ne poss\u00e8de pas d&#8217;\u00e9touffoir ce qui, comme nous le rappelle Christopher Clarke, fait \u00e9cho \u00e0 l\u2019esth\u00e9tique des piano-fortes \u00ab&nbsp;pantalon&nbsp;\u00bb du milieu du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle. En effet, hormis ces mod\u00e8les, les claviers avaient tous des \u00e9touffoirs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-25 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26277\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2078\" data-id=\"26283\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-1536x1247.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-2048x1662.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-1568x1273.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-100x81.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26281\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26279\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26273\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26271\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cL&#8217;authenticit\u00e9 du virginal est confirm\u00e9e par la pr\u00e9sence d&#8217;une \u00e9tiquette manuscrite, soigneusement ins\u00e9r\u00e9e derri\u00e8re une mince vitre d&#8217;origine. Bien que l&#8217;\u00e9tiquette actuelle remplace celle d&#8217;origine, la documentation disponible et les comparaisons avec d&#8217;autres instruments sign\u00e9s par Riva, notamment celui du Grassi Museum de Leipzig, ne laissent aucun doute quant \u00e0 son authenticit\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-26 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1492\" height=\"624\" data-id=\"26241\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig.jpg\" alt=\"Kinsky Heyer, Etiquette d'Alessandro Riva 1839 sig Leipzig\" class=\"wp-image-26241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-768x321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-100x42.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kinsky Heyer, Etiquette d&#8217;Alessandro Riva 1839 sig Leipzig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un panorama de l\u2019histoire du clavier \u00e0 sautereaux sur trois si\u00e8cles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9pinette de Nicolas Blanchet de 1676, celle de Pascal Taskin de 1778 et le virginal d&#8217;Alessandro Riva, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 vers 1835, offrent un exceptionnel panorama de l&#8217;\u00e9volution des claviers \u00e0 cordes pinc\u00e9es sur trois si\u00e8cles. Ces instruments t\u00e9moignent de l\u2019\u00e9volution des techniques de fabrication et des pratiques musicales, tout en refl\u00e9tant les tendances sociales et culturelles de leur \u00e9poque. L&#8217;\u00e9pinette de 1676, attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 Nicolas Blanchet, est le plus ancien instrument connu de ce facteur, et symbolise le d\u00e9but d&#8217;un savoir-faire parisien de prestige en mati\u00e8re de lutherie de clavecins. Sa forme et sa taille sont conformes au mod\u00e8le de l&#8217;\u00e9pinette illustr\u00e9 dans l&#8217;<em>Harmonicorum Instrumentorum<\/em> de Marin Mersenne de 1636, et son registre \u00e0 l&#8217;octave, dit &#8220;de 4 pieds&#8221;, \u00e9tait courant dans les clavecins anciens. Toutefois, \u00e0 la diff\u00e9rence des clavecins pour lesquels il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un registre parmi d\u2019autres, c\u2019est ici tout l\u2019instrument qui est \u00e0 l\u2019octave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-27 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26243\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731)<br>Instruments mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9pinette de Pascal Taskin de 1778, construite environ un si\u00e8cle apr\u00e8s celle de Blanchet, marque l&#8217;apog\u00e9e de ce m\u00eame atelier parisien. Taskin, \u00e9l\u00e8ve et successeur de Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet (petit-fils de Nicolas), perp\u00e9tue la tradition tout en apportant des am\u00e9liorations techniques et esth\u00e9tiques remarquables. Cette \u00e9pinette, richement orn\u00e9e, refl\u00e8te la vogue de ces instruments au sein de l\u2019\u00e9lite de l&#8217;\u00e9poque. L\u2019\u00e9tiquette \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de l\u2019instrument, qui l\u2019identifie comme &#8220;Eleve &amp; Successeur de M. BLANCHET&#8221;, et les r\u00e9parations effectu\u00e9es en 1795 par le neveu de Taskin, soulignent la continuit\u00e9 de cette lign\u00e9e de facteurs. Con\u00e7u en double (sa s\u0153ur jumelle \u00e9tant conserv\u00e9e \u00e0 Yale), ce mod\u00e8le \u00e9tait donc particuli\u00e8rement important et a pu \u00eatre offert au monarque \u00e0 l&#8217;occasion de la naissance du dauphin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-28 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26289\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Enfin, le virginal d&#8217;Alessandro Riva, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 vers 1835, illustre une autre tradition &#8211; cette fois-ci italienne &#8211; et vient refermer la page de l&#8217;\u00e8re des claviers \u00e0 cordes pin\u00e7\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En effet, Riva est le dernier facteur \u00e0 avoir travaill\u00e9 dans le respect du savoir-faire traditionnel. Ce virginal, bien que construit au XIXe si\u00e8cle, perp\u00e9tue ainsi des caract\u00e9ristiques propres aux pratiques plus anciennes, notamment en ce qui concerne l\u2019\u00e9tendue d&#8217;octave courte (C\/E dans les basses), ou encore le montage avec des fines cordes en fer et en laiton, sans \u00e9touffoir. \u00c0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 les pianos devenaient de plus en plus imposants et complexes, les virginals de Riva offraient une alternative plus modeste et discr\u00e8te, adapt\u00e9e aux int\u00e9rieurs priv\u00e9s et \u00e0 un usage domestique.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-29 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26285\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA<br>Instruments mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Tous les trois r\u00e9unis, ces instruments illustrent l&#8217;\u00e9volution des pratiques musicales et de la facture des claviers \u00e0 cordes pinc\u00e9es, tout en soulignant la transition entre la splendeur des \u00e9pinettes des XVIIe et XVIIIe si\u00e8cles, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9gante sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 des derniers mod\u00e8les r\u00e9alis\u00e9s. Ils repr\u00e9sentent \u00e0 la fois des jalons techniques et des t\u00e9moignages culturels de cette riche histoire des clavecins, avant qu\u2019ils ne soient supplant\u00e9s par le piano\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"english\">THREE CENTURIES OF HARPSICHORD MAKING, ILLUSTRATED BY BLANCHET, TASKIN AND RIVA<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vichy Ench\u00e8res is taking you on a journey through three centuries of harpsichord making for its 9 November 2024 sale. This journey begins with Nicolas Blanchet\u2019s spinet (1676), an important witness to an era when the harpsichord reigned supreme in European music. This rare instrument by Nicolas Blanchet, one of the greatest Parisian makers, is the earliest known by this maker and represents the beginning of a dynasty of Parisian makers who shaped the history of music in the 18th century. It is followed by a 1778 spinet, made by Pascal Taskin, a worthy successor to the Blanchets, at a time when this family of instruments reached its peak at the hands of composers such as Jean-Philippe Rameau and Fran\u00e7ois Couperin. This masterpiece, probably presented on the occasion of the birth of the Dauphin of France, combines tradition and innovation, as evidenced by its twin preserved at Yale University. Finally, the virginal by Alessandro Riva (1835) provides a moving and last look at plucked keyboards, just before they were superseded by the piano. These instruments, from the Parisian workshop of Blanchet and Taskin and that of Riva in Italy, attest to the major role these makers played in the history of instrument making. They are brought together for this exceptional sale, and they crystalise the evolution of taste, craftsmanship and playing practices of a family of instruments that shone for over three centuries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--30\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-11-09-vcp-catalogue-127-english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catalog<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--31\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/art-decoration\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-638969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sale on 8 November 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--32\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interencheres.com\/art-decoration\/instruments-a-vent-et-a-cordes-pincees-638971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sale on 9 November 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--33\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--34\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/vichy-encheres-3\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--35\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#francais\">Version fran\u00e7aise<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the beginning were the Blanchets<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Blanchet dynasty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Blanchet family is one of the foremost dynasties of Parisian plucked keyboard instrument makers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Over three generations, its family members perfected the harpsichords and, in doing so, contributed to the evolution of Baroque music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u201charpsichord\u201d refers to both a specific instrument \u2013 a descendant of the psaltery \u2013 and all the instruments with jacks. As a reminder, the spinet, which is similar to the harpsichord, has only one bridge on the soundboard, while the virginal has two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Couperin: Pi\u00e8ces de Clavecin, 17\u00e9me ordre. Michael Borgstede, harpsichord.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pugFyYR2uTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-36 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1359\" data-id=\"26193\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Vue du bourg Saint-Germain depuis le Mont-Parnasse, les Carmes, les clochers de Saint-Germain-des- Pr\u00e8s et la galerie du Louvre. Isra\u00ebl Silvestre.\" class=\"wp-image-26193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-1536x815.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-2048x1087.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-1568x832.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/01-bourg-st-germain-mont-parnasse-carmes-clochers-st-germain-des-pres-galerie-louvre-credit-israel-silvestre-100x53.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vue du bourg Saint-Germain depuis le Mont-Parnasse, les Carmes, les clochers de Saint-Germain-des- Pr\u00e8s et la galerie du Louvre. Isra\u00ebl Silvestre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The harpsichord used to occupy a central place in music, serving both as a soloist and an accompaniment instrument for ensembles. The greatest virtuosos of the time, such as Fran\u00e7ois Couperin or Jacques Duphly, composed works for the instrument, which became a symbol of Baroque music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the place of the harpsichord in the history of music owes much to the work of the Blanchets (and their successors, the Taskins), who elevated their design and construction to a level of complexity and perfection never equalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The founder of the dynasty, Nicolas Blanchet, was born in Reims around 1660. He probably moved to Paris to complete his apprenticeship. Around 1686, he established himself as a master instrument maker on Rue des Foss\u00e9s-Saint-Germain, and quickly became known among Parisian instrument makers. He received the official title of \u201cmaster\u201d by the corporation of instrument makers in 1689<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>His son, Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet (I), was born around 1695. He joined him in the 1720s and, alongside him, contributed to the prestige of the family workshop \u2013 in particular by rebuilding and adapting Flemish instruments so they would conform to the requirements of French 18th century music. In a few years, the Blanchet name became synonymous with French excellence and the workshop\u2019s turnover tripled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet was appointed harpsichord maker to the French court, a position that involved maintaining and restoring instruments in the royal collection. When he died in 1761, his son Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne (II) took over, continuing to innovate and produce harpsichords until his own death in 1766<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the end of the Blanchet dynasty, Pascal Taskin, a former apprentice and family member by marriage, took over the workshop and perpetuated the family tradition, which marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-37 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2073\" data-id=\"26195\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet, Clavecin, 1736, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris, cr\u00e9dits Claude Germain\" class=\"wp-image-26195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1536x1244.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-2048x1658.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1568x1270.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/02-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-100x81.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1278\" data-id=\"26197\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois-Etienne Blanchet, Clavecin, 1736, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris, cr\u00e9dits Claude Germain\" class=\"wp-image-26197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-2048x1023.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-1568x783.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/03-francois-etienne-blanchet-clavecin-1736-musee-musique-paris-credits-c-germain-100x50.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois \u00c9tienne Blanchet, Clavecin, 1736, Mus\u00e9e de la Musique de Paris, cr\u00e9dits Claude Germain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Let us return to the first Blanchet, Nicolas. He came from a modest family, his father being a draper. It is likely that he did his apprenticeship in Paris in the workshop of Pierre de la Cousture, a master harpsichord maker. This theory is all the more likely as Blanchet married in 1686 Marthe Bacquet, whose family could be related to that of Pierre de la Cousture, as he was married to a woman named Marie Bacquet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1689, he officially became a master instrument maker, which was a decisive step in his career. He quickly built up a solid reputation as a harpsichord maker and attracted a prestigious clientele. His work also included the restoration of Flemish instruments, such as those by Ruckers or Couchet, which were particularly prized by the nobility and virtuosos of the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As a testament to his growing success and privileged position, in 1701 he invested 3,000 pounds in a royal treasury bond<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.In 1715, he was elected juror of the corporation of instrument makers, an important position that allowed him to play an administrative role in regulating the profession. He died on 10 April 1731. When his wife Marthe Bacquet died in 1722, the workshop inventory revealed an extensive workshop, including three workbenches, two of which were fully equipped \u2013 suggesting that the father and son worked separately <a id=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Boalch online https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> &nbsp;Hunt, 2000, p.69<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-38 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"662\" data-id=\"26199\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Blanchet, Epinette, 1709, Horniman Museum and Gardens\" class=\"wp-image-26199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens.jpg 750w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/05-nicolas-blanchet-epinette-1709-horniman-museum-gardens-100x88.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolas Blanchet, Epinette, 1709, Horniman Museum and Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"506\" data-id=\"26350\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles.jpg\" alt=\"Ioannes Ruckers, attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Nicolas Blanchet, Claude III Audran, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles\" class=\"wp-image-26350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles.jpg 758w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/04-ioannes-ruckers-attribution-nicolas-blanchet-claude-III-audran-chateau-versailles-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ioannes Ruckers, attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 Nicolas Blanchet, Claude III Audran, Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A 1676 Nicolas Blanchet Spinet<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The earliest known instrument by Nicolas Blanchet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-39 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26243\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26245\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-2-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26251\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26255\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-7-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26261\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-10-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26267\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-13-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This spinet, dated 1676 on the first original key, is exceptional in many ways, because of both its age and historical importance, and was made at the time Parisian keyboard instrument making was first established. It is in fact Blanchet\u2019s earliest known instrument, made when he was barely 16 years old. This spinet therefore provides us a unique testimony of Blanchet\u2019s early craftsmanship, and carries within it the seeds of the technical and visual developments to come over the following centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cConsidering Blanchet\u2019s age when he made this instrument \u2013 \u200b\u200bhe was around 16 years old \u2013 it is safe to assume it was a small-scale apprenticeship piece, like the miniature chests of drawers made by apprentice cabinetmakers. The original jackrail, which is missing, would have featured, as customary, a name, perhaps that of his master.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The case, made from walnut and fir, shows attention to detail. The depth and dimensions of the instrument indicate that the instrument was modified to suit the taste and playing requirements in the 18th century, since the case was widened by 14.3mm on the left, in order to add notes. The keyboard is also remarkable. It is composed of keys in lime and poplar, with finely carved ebony steps, decorated with two incised lines. Some keys have retained their original bone cover, while others have been fitted with replacements during the restorations and painted white. The numbered keys are clues to the additions made during the restoration, with numbers indicating the notes added (marked OOO OO O). Key number 1, corresponding to B, was originally the lowest note on the instrument, before the octave extensions. It bears several inscriptions, including its number \u201cI\u201d, as well as the number \u201c676\u201d (for 1676) inscribed in ink, under a cross and some letters still visible under UV light, which read \u201cNCB\u201d, and which confirm the instrument\u2019s maker. The complexity of this barely legible inscription explains why Dowd and Boalch read the date as 1696 instead of 1676.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe number 7 is written by juxtaposing the serif of the cross, and some (DOWD and BOALCH) read it as a 9. The letter n, which shows signs of damage, is similar to that of the 1693 harpsichord by Nicolas Blanchet. This spinet is listed as the work of Nicolas Blanchet, which makes it the earliest known example by this maker, made while he was still a teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">William DOWD, \u201cThe Surviving Instruments of the Blanchet Workshop\u201d in: The Historical Harpsichord, vol. 1 ed. H. Schott, Pendragon Press, New York, 1984, pp. 30, 31. This error is reproduced in Boalch-Mould Online, entry no. BMO-171, in Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 September 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge is typical of the period. It is mounted in a mitre, and follows a construction technique commonly used in the manufacture of spinets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This important instrument in the history of harpsichord making has survived for centuries, passing through the expert hands of harpsichord specialists Anthony Sidey and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bal, the latter making three copies of the spinet, which attests to its historical importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-40 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1069\" height=\"1001\" data-id=\"26201\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures.jpg\" alt=\"Comparaison signatures\" class=\"wp-image-26201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-1024x959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/06-comparaison-signatures-100x94.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Comparaison signatures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"1062\" data-id=\"26203\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv.jpg\" alt=\"Signature ottavino Blanchet sous UV\" class=\"wp-image-26203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv.jpg 519w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv-500x1024.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/07-signature-ottavino-blanchet-uv-49x100.jpg 49w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signature ottavino Blanchet sous UV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A prestigious commission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-41 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26249\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-4-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26251\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-5-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26253\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-6-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The decorative details of the spinet are particularly impressive and worthy of a prestigious commission. The lid, made of linden, is decorated with paintings probably dating from the end of the 18th century. The exterior is black, framed by bands of paint imitating bronze, while the interior is bright red and elevated by gilded mouldings. The finely decorated brass hinges add a touch of refinement to its general appearance. The lid was replaced as part of the instrument\u2019s restoration and bears witness to the transformations made to the instrument over the centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The soundboard, made of fir, is decorated with tempera paint floral motifs, typical of those adorning instruments of the time, framed by light blue scrolls. These small still-lives with flowers are reminiscent of French painters Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fran\u00e7ois Desportes and, later, Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This spinet is also notable for not having a rosette, which was rare for this type of instrument. The bridge and nut, both in walnut moulded in the Italian style, also contribute to the high level of refinement of the instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-42 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1142\" data-id=\"26205\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fruit et fleur, Mus\u00e9e de l'Hermitage, Saint-Petersbourg\" class=\"wp-image-26205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-1536x914.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-1568x933.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/08-jb-monnoyer-fruit-fleur-musee-hermitage-st-petersbourg-100x59.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fruit et fleur, Mus\u00e9e de l&#8217;Hermitage, Saint-Petersbourg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" data-id=\"26207\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois Desportes, Les M\u00e9sanges, d\u00e9tail\" class=\"wp-image-26207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09-francois-desportes-mesanges-detail-100x81.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois Desportes, Les M\u00e9sanges, d\u00e9tail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"1260\" data-id=\"26209\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon.jpg\" alt=\"Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9, Rose Centifolia avec papillon paon\" class=\"wp-image-26209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon.jpg 951w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-768x1018.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10-pj-redoute-rose-centifolia-papillon-paon-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9, Rose Centifolia avec papillon paon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A witness of the change in musical practices between the Renaissance and the Baroque periods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This instrument is a witness to a common practice at the time: the domestic use of spinets. Unlike the harpsichord, which was more voluminous and expensive, the spinet was smaller and more affordable, which made it the ideal instrument for chamber music. Although the harpsichord enjoyed greater success as a concert instrument, the spinet continued to occupy an important place in private musical circles. Blanchet\u2019s 1676 spinet perfectly illustrates this and it symbolizes this transition between the musical practices of the Renaissance and those of the Baroque era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Christopher Clarke, expert and maker of early keyboards, points out, its design is in keeping with the examples illustrated in Marin Mersenne\u2019s 1636 book <em>Harmonicorum Instrumentorum<\/em>, making it a rare artefact representative of the instrumental practices of the time. Originally, Blanchet\u2019s spinet had a short bass octave (G\/B-C4) and a mitered bridge, before it was enlarged in the 18th century. This conversion had for main purpose to extend the instrument\u2019s range, thus attesting to its prolonged use and the continued interest in these instruments over the centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nicolas Blanchet\u2019s spinet reflects the musical practices of the time, in particular the use of octave instruments. As Christopher Clarke points out, these instruments, commonly used during the Renaissance and early Baroque, &#8220;had staggered tessituras, some of which could coexist almost independently in the same instrument case. Those that were staggered by an octave had two functions: either to be played solo, or to reinforce or brighten the sound of unison playing. Over the course of the 18th century, it was this latter use that prevailed.&#8221; The restoration of this instrument, in particular the 18th-century conversion, was carried out so as to preserve its original appearance while adapting it to the new tastes and musical needs of the time. In short, this 1676 spinet not only crystallizes Nicolas Blanchet&#8217;s craftsmanship from a very young age, but also illustrates the continuity and evolution of keyboard instruments over the centuries. Its historical importance thus lies in the testimony it offers regarding this period of transition between the traditions of the Renaissance and the innovations of the 18th century, making it a remarkable artefact in more than one way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-43 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"596\" data-id=\"26211\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk.jpg\" alt=\"Pier Francesco Foschi, Une dame jouant de l'\u00e9pinette, vers 1550, National Museum, Gdansk\" class=\"wp-image-26211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk.jpg 402w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11-pier-francesco-foschi-dame-jouant-epinette-cc1550-national-museum-gdansk-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pier Francesco Foschi, Une dame jouant de l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, vers 1550, National Museum, Gdansk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2063\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26213\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck \u00e0 l'\u00e9pinette, 1775, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienne\" class=\"wp-image-26213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-scaled.jpg 2063w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-1238x1536.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-1651x2048.jpg 1651w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-1568x1945.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/12-js-duplessis-cristoph-wilibald-von-gluck-epinette-1775-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienne-81x100.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2063px) 100vw, 2063px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, 1775, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1098\" data-id=\"26215\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc.jpg\" alt=\"Lavinia Fontana, Autoportrait \u00e0 l'\u00e9pinette, 1577, Acad\u00e9mie nationale de Saint-Luc\" class=\"wp-image-26215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc.jpg 964w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-899x1024.jpg 899w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-768x875.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/13-lavinia-fontana-autoportrait-epinette-1577-academie-nationale-st-luc-88x100.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lavinia Fontana, Autoportrait \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9pinette, 1577, Acad\u00e9mie nationale de Saint-Luc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1051\" height=\"1871\" data-id=\"26217\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636.jpg\" alt=\"Marin Mersenne, Harmonicorum Instrumentorum, ottavino, 1636\" class=\"wp-image-26217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-768x1367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/14-marin-mersenne-harmonicorum-instrumentorum-ottavino-1636-56x100.jpg 56w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marin Mersenne, Harmonicorum Instrumentorum, ottavino, 1636<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The golden age with the Taskins<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Blanchet to Taskin: the continuity of a workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe two spinets [in the Vichy Ench\u00e8res sale of 9 November 2024] are both in octave, and due to being one century apart in their making, span the golden age of a continuous dynasty of Parisian workshops, whose origins are represented here by the earliest known instrument by Nicolas Blanchet (around 1760-1731), which is dated 1676 on its first original key. The other instrument was made in 1778 by his famous successor, Pascal Taskin (1723-1793).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolas Blanchet and Pascal Taskin are connected due to the Blanchet workshop being passed on to the Taskin family. Pascal Joseph Taskin joined the workshop of Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet II, Nicolas Blanchet\u2019s grandson, and trained with him. The ties between the two families were further reinforced when Joseph Taskin married Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet\u2019s widow, Marie-Genevi\u00e8ve Gobin, in 1766, thus becoming the direct successor of the Blanchet family, inheriting the workshop and the title of harpsichord maker to the king<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he was an innovative maker, Taskin remained very faithful to the methods and traditions established by the Blanchets. He continued to practice the restoration of old Flemish harpsichords, while introducing technical improvements. The transfer of the running of the Blanchet workshop to Taskin was therefore a natural transition, ensuring the continuation of Parisian craftsmanship, while building on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-44 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26339\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pascal Joseph Taskin (I)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Pascal Taskin was born on 2 July 1723 in Theux, in the principality of Li\u00e8ge, and is undoubtedly the most famous member of the Taskin family. He is the son of a modest carpenter, who began his career in Paris, as an apprentice of Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet. In 1766, he was admitted as a master of the guild of keyboard instrument makers. He quickly distinguished himself by his ability to renovate and convert old harpsichords, as the Blanchets used to do. The <em>Museum of Fine Arts<\/em> in Boston keeps one such instrument, a harpsichord by Joseph Joannes Couchet made in Antwerp in 1680, and modified by Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet and Pascal Taskin, in Paris, in 1758 and 1781<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Pascal Joseph Taskin\u2019s major innovations was the introduction of skin plectra, in his \u201cbuffalo harpsichords\u201d, which softened the sound and brought a new expressive quality to the instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.philharmoniedeparis.fr\/catalogue\/doc\/ALOES\/0260806\/clavecin-2-claviers-joseph-joannes-couchet-anvers-1680-modifie-par-francois-etienne-blanchet-et-pasc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> More information here<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-45 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"704\" data-id=\"26219\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund.jpg\" alt=\"Ioannes Couchet, Pascal-Joseph Taskin, Clavecin, Nydahl Collection, Su\u00e8de, cr\u00e9dits photo Hans Skoglund\" class=\"wp-image-26219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund.jpg 704w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/15-ioannes-couchet-pascal-joseph-taskin-clavecin-nydahl-collection-suede-credits-h-skoglund-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ioannes Couchet, Pascal-Joseph Taskin, Clavecin, Nydahl Collection, Su\u00e8de, cr\u00e9dits photo Hans Skoglund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"1268\" data-id=\"26221\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure.jpg\" alt=\"Rue de la Verrerie, Paris, gravure\" class=\"wp-image-26221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure.jpg 880w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-711x1024.jpg 711w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-768x1107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/16-rue-verrerie-paris-gravure-69x100.jpg 69w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rue de la Verrerie, Paris, gravure <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This development helped to strengthen Taskin\u2019s reputation, making him one of the most sought-after instrument makers at court. Taskin\u2019s workshop, located on Rue de la Verrerie<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> in Paris, became a centre of innovation and production of high-quality harpsichords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taskin also contributed to the transition to the pianoforte. In 1788, he presented a prototype for a piano to the Academy of Sciences, which demonstrated his interest in innovation. In addition to his talents as a maker, Taskin was also an excellent businessman. He succeeded in retaining Blanchets\u2019 prestigious clients while attracting new ones, such as members of the royal court and renowned musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boalch online <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Upon his death in 1793, the workshop was taken over by his nephew, Pascal Joseph Taskin (II). The latter lived and worked with his uncle until 1777, before opening his own workshop in Versailles and taking over some of the responsibilities of maker to the court, before the position was entirely given to him in 1793. In addition to harpsichords, he also made pianos. Pascal Joseph Taskin (II)\u2019s son, Henri-Joseph Taskin, pursued a career in music as a piano teacher<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> and was the son-in-law of the harpsichordist Armand-Louis Couperin (nephew of Fran\u00e7ois Couperin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\">Boalch onlin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/boalch.org\/instruments\/makerprofile\/668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The historical importance of Pascal Taskin\u2019s 1778 spinet<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Between tradition and innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-46 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26289\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"26329\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The spinet made by Pascal Taskin in 1778 is a masterpiece of instrument making, in terms of its technical execution, aesthetic refinement and historical importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-47 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"845\" data-id=\"26223\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde.jpg\" alt=\"Carmontelle, Mozart enfant jouant au piano avec son p\u00e8re et sa soeur 1762, Mus\u00e9e Cond\u00e9\" class=\"wp-image-26223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde.jpg 540w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/17-carmontelle-mozart-enfant-jouant-piano-pere-soeur-1762-musee-conde-64x100.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carmontelle, Mozart enfant jouant au piano avec son p\u00e8re et sa soeur 1762, Mus\u00e9e Cond\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"26225\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e.jpg\" alt=\"Publicit\u00e9 Liebig, Evolution des instruments de musique au XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle\" class=\"wp-image-26225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e.jpg 465w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18-publicite-liebig-evolution-instruments-musique-18e-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Publicit\u00e9 Liebig, Evolution des instruments de musique au XVIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This instrument, built according to the traditional techniques inherited from the Blanchet family, represents the pinnacle of French craftsmanship in the making of jack keyboards on the eve of the French Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taskin reprised the techniques for making spinets developed by the Blanchets, while making notable improvements. The mechanism of the instrument, although similar to that of harpsichords of the same period, is thus optimized to offer better responsiveness to the musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1778 spinet is built with high-quality materials, including precious woods such as walnut and ebony \u2013 making it robust and elegant. Its historical importance is not limited to its technical qualities. Like Blanchet\u2019s instrument, Taskin\u2019s spinet is a testament to the changing musical tastes of its time. At the end of the 18th century, music for plucked keyboards was becoming increasingly popular, and composers such as Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart expanded its repertoire by composing for the instrument. The 1778 spinet, with its technical innovations, is part and parcel of this trend that sought greater musical sensitivity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A delicately preserved instrument<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-48 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26321\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-30-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26323\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-31-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26313\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-26-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26327\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-33-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"26329\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-34-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"26331\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-35-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"734\" data-id=\"26335\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-1024x294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-1536x440.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-2048x587.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-1568x449.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-37-100x29.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26337\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-38-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26339\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-39-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This spinet designed in Paris is distinguishable by its trapezoidal body with ribs curved towards the keyboard, mounted on tapered and fluted legs in the typical Louis XVI style, giving the instrument an elegant yet robust appearance. The instrument has a remarkable range of 62 notes (from E to f4), allowing it to be used to play modern pieces with the low E. Its authenticity is confirmed by several important elements. First of all, the inscription engraved behind the keys, in red capital letters, that reads: \u201cFAIT PAR PASCAL TASKIN A PARIS 1788\u201d, which confirms the maker and date of the instrument. In addition, the soundboard is marked with the monogram \u201cPT 1778\u201d, surrounded by a crown of flowers, which is further evidence it was made by the master maker. Another proof of authenticity is found on the E2 key, on which is branded the inscription \u201cPASCAL TASKIN\u201d, as well as the year \u201c1778\u201d and the number \u201cI\u201d, which are all typical of the branding used by the Taskin workshop to identify keys and components.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The label printed on the inside of the spine, on the back of the instrument, provides further irrefutable proof of its origin. It reads: \u201cPASCAL TASKIN, Facteur de Clavessin &amp; Garde des Instrumens de Musique du Roi, Eleve et Successeur de M. BLANCHET, rue de la Verrerie, vis-\u00e0-vis S. Merry. A PARIS.\u201d This inscription not only confirms it was made by Taskin, but also his status as the official maker of the king\u2019s musical instruments, and Blanchet\u2019s heir to that title. The instrument also bears evidence of a restoration carried out by his nephew, Pascal Joseph Taskin (II), in 1795, in the handwritten inscription situated behind the knife: &#8220;remplumee et redrapee par Pascal Taskin a Versailles ce 12 aout 1795&#8221;. This inscription bears witness to the longevity of the workshop and the care that was given to this exceptional instrument by the Taskin family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A gift celebrating the birth of the dauphin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-49 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26289\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26291\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-15-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26293\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-16-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26315\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024<br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The extremely refined decoration of the instrument suggests the highest provenance. Indeed, this spinet is one of the most ornate made by Pascal Taskin. In light of his title of maker to the king, it is possible that the instrument was made for a member of the Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most interesting theories is based on the painting of the lid, which might symbolize the birth of the first child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, born on 19 December 1778, the year the spinet was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this theory does not hold under further scrutiny, despite the correspondence of the years. Firstly, because the painting was done later, on the original varnish, and not at the time of the spinet&#8217;s manufacture. Secondly, because the figure of the baby, judging by its attributes, looks more like a boy. And finally, because paintings relating to royal births mainly concerned boys, who were the only heirs to the throne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The birth of Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, while celebrated in the arts, did not give rise to as many paintings as that of her brother, the dauphin Louis-Joseph of France, first heir to the throne of France, who was born on 22 October 1781, a few years after the spinet&#8217;s manufacture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This major historical event, which ensured the lineage of the legitimate branch of the House of Bourbon, therefore fits chronologically better with the painting on the spinet&#8217;s lid. An X-ray examination (by <em>Yale University<\/em> conservators) confirmed that there was nothing but varnish beneath the lid painting. The instrument thus originally had a varnished lid without any figurative representation, and was probably subsequently painted over with the celebration the birth of the dauphin. This theory is all the more probable due to Tasking being the maker to the king, which would point to a commission for a member in the monarch\u2019s close circle, offered as a gift to his sovereign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-50 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"525\" data-id=\"26227\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf.jpg\" alt=\"Cammas, All\u00e9gorie relative \u00e0 la Naissance de Madame Royale, gravure, BnF\" class=\"wp-image-26227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf.jpg 689w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19-cammas-allegorie-naissance-mme-royale-gravure-bnf-100x76.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cammas, All\u00e9gorie relative \u00e0 la Naissance de Madame Royale, gravure, BnF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"694\" data-id=\"26229\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles.jpg\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois Guillaume M\u00e9nageot, All\u00e9gorie de la naissance du Dauphin en 1781, 1783, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, D\u00e9p\u00f4t au Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles\" class=\"wp-image-26229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles.jpg 906w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20-francois-guillaume-menageot-allegorie-dauphin-1781-1783-musee-louvre-depot-chateau-versailles-100x77.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7ois Guillaume M\u00e9nageot, All\u00e9gorie de la naissance du Dauphin en 1781, 1783, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, D\u00e9p\u00f4t au Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An artistic prowess with a twin instrument preserved at Yale university<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-51 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26295\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. 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Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-27-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26319\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-29-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-52 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"26231\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, Yale School of Music, cr\u00e9dits photo Alex Contreras\" class=\"wp-image-26231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/21-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-yale-school-music-credits-a-contreras-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, Yale School of Music, cr\u00e9dits photo Alex Contreras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"26233\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, mod\u00e8le de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res expos\u00e9 \u00e0 la Yale School of Music\" class=\"wp-image-26233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22-pascal-taskin-epinette-1778-modele-vente-vichy-encheres-exposition-yale-school-music-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pascal Taskin, Epinette, 1778, mod\u00e8le de la vente Vichy Ench\u00e8res expos\u00e9 \u00e0 la Yale School of Music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In addition to this remarkable lid painting, the instrument features elaborate decorations throughout, typical of the taste of the time. The basswood case is covered with a varnish of a slightly greenish ivory tone, outside as well as inside, and decorated with gold leaf motifs. Inside, meticulous decorations feature branches of roses and cornflowers, while the keyboard surround is embellished with garlands of flowers and musical trophies painted with great precision, in the style of painters such as Jean-Baptiste Huet or Henri Sallembier. These ornamental motifs are loaded with symbols typical of the decorations adorning keyboards. However, they stand out here for their abundance and extreme detail, betraying the hand of a confident painter, which supports the theory of a noble patron.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This instrument must have been particularly important since it was built at the same time as a twin example, now in the collections of Yale University. This other spinet, also made in 1778, has an animal landscape on the lid. We do not know whether, like the example in the Vichy Ench\u00e8res sale of 9 November 2024, this painting was done on an earlier varnish ground. These twin spinets were brought together for several years in the collections of Yale University, as can still be seen today on the<a href=\"https:\/\/music.yale.edu\/browse-collection\/epinette-4905-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> museum&#8217;s website<\/a>. It was restored in 1996, to be put back in playable condition, by Messrs. Rutkowski and Robinette, curators of the musical instrument collections at Yale University, which gave them an opportunity compare our instrument and its twin. Their restoration report accompanies the instrument in the sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-53 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"26237\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e.jpg\" alt=\"Louis-Marin Bonnet d\u2019apr\u00e8s Henri Sallembier, Troph\u00e9e de musique, gravure en mani\u00e8re de crayon, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle\" class=\"wp-image-26237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e.jpg 583w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24-louis-marin-bonnet-henri-sallembier-trophee-musique-gravure-crayon-18e-76x100.jpg 76w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis-Marin Bonnet d\u2019apr\u00e8s Henri Sallembier, Troph\u00e9e de musique, gravure en mani\u00e8re de crayon, XVIIIe si\u00e8cle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"742\" data-id=\"26239\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3.jpg\" alt=\"Gilles Demarteau d\u2019apr\u00e8s Jean-Baptiste Huet, Premier livre de diff\u00e9rents troph\u00e9es, 1772, 1er livre, n\u00b03\" class=\"wp-image-26239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3.jpg 505w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/25-gilles-demarteau-jean-baptiste-huet-1er-livre-trophees-1772-1er-livre-n3-68x100.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gilles Demarteau d\u2019apr\u00e8s Jean-Baptiste Huet, Premier livre de diff\u00e9rents troph\u00e9es, 1772, 1er livre, n\u00b03<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At dusk: Alessandro Riva<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alessandro Riva and his 1835 virginal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Alessandro Riva&#8217;s virginal, made around 1835 in Bergamo, is a rare and precious instrument that bears witness to the craftsmanship of this little-known maker and to the last days of jack keyboard instrument making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riva, whose known existence spans the period 1803 to 1868, was a respected instrument maker, and this virginal, at once simple in design and meticulously crafted, perfectly embodies his craftsmanship. It has a range of 54 notes (C\/E-a3), and features a rectangular solid walnut body, mounted on four rectangular spindle legs that screw into blocks beneath the instrument, providing stability and elegance. The walnut wood used for the body and lid, as well as the fir for the back, attest to a selection of quality materials, typical of instruments of the period, and contribute to its rich acoustic resonance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The keyboard, made of fir, is distinguished by its ebony-veneered steps and its sharps in stained fruitwood and veneered with bone \u2013 materials that were traditionally use, but became out of fashion at the time. In contrast, the dimensions of the keyboard are rather modern since the keys are the same size as those of a piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The internal mechanisms, such as the pearwood jacks and the maple tongues, demonstrate fine engineering, with steel springs and carefully calibrated hard leather beaks (3.4mm wide and 1.65mm thick). These elements reveal a simplicity of design combined with a precision of execution, typical of Riva&#8217;s work. Finally, it is worth noting that the instrument does not have a damper, which, as Christopher Clarke reminds us, echoes the aesthetics of the \u201cpantaloons\u201d pianos of the mid-18th century. Indeed, apart from with these models, keyboards all had dampers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-54 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26277\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-5-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2078\" data-id=\"26283\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-1536x1247.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-2048x1662.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-1568x1273.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-8-100x81.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26281\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-7-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26279\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-6-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26273\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-3-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26271\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-2-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA <br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe authenticity of the virginal is confirmed by the presence of a handwritten label, carefully inserted behind a thin original glass window. Although the current label replaced the original one, the available documentation and comparisons with other instruments made by Riva, in particular the one in the Grassi Museum in Leipzig, leave no doubt as to its authenticity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Christopher Clarke, Donzy le National, 16 septembre 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-55 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1492\" height=\"624\" data-id=\"26241\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig.jpg\" alt=\"Kinsky Heyer, Etiquette d'Alessandro Riva 1839 sig Leipzig\" class=\"wp-image-26241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-768x321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/26-kinsky-heyer-etiquette-alessandro-riva-1839-sig-leipzig-100x42.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kinsky Heyer, Etiquette d&#8217;Alessandro Riva 1839 sig Leipzig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An overview of the history of jack keyboards over three centuries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Nicolas Blanchet\u2019s 1676 spinet, Pascal Taskin\u2019s 1778 spinet and Alessandro Riva\u2019s virginal, made around 1835, offer an exceptional overview of the evolution of plucked string keyboards over three centuries. These instruments bear witness to the evolution of manufacturing techniques and musical practices, while reflecting the social and cultural trends of their time. The 1676 spinet, attributed to Nicolas Blanchet, is the earliest known instrument by this maker, and crystalises the beginning of the prestigious Parisian harpsichord making. Its shape and size are in keeping with the example illustrated in Marin Mersenne\u2019s <em>Harmonicorum Instrumentorum<\/em> of 1636, and its octave register, called \u201cof 4 feet\u201d, was common in early harpsichords. However, unlike harpsichords for which it was a register among others, here the instrument is entirely at the octave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-56 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"26243\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731) Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-0199-15-epinette-octave-blanchet-nicolas-1-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave dans une caisse trap\u00e9zo\u00efdale, \u00e9tendue G-d4 sans G# (55 notes), de Nicolas Blanchet (1660-1731)<br>Instruments mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Pascal Taskin\u2019s spinet of 1778, built about a century after Blanchet\u2019s, marks the golden age of this same Parisian workshop. Taskin, an apprentice and successor of Fran\u00e7ois-\u00c9tienne Blanchet (Nicolas\u2019 grandson), perpetuated the tradition while introducing notable technical and visual improvements. This richly decorated spinet reflects the vogue for these instruments among the elite of the time. The label inside the instrument, which identifies Taskin as \u201cEleve &amp; Successeur de M. BLANCHET\u201d, and the repairs carried out in 1795 by Taskin\u2019s nephew, underline the continuity of this line of makers. It was made alongside a twin instrument (preserved at Yale University) and attests to the popularity of octave spinets at the end of the 18th century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-57 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26289\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Epinette \u00e0 l'octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788 Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-2-epinette-taskin-14-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Epinette \u00e0 l&#8217;octave sign\u00e9e Pascal TASKIN \u00e0 Paris 1788<br>Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Finally, the virginal by Alessandro Riva, made around 1835, illustrates another tradition \u2013 this time Italian \u2013 and turns the final page on the era of plucked string keyboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, Riva is the last maker to have worked in accordance with traditions of this craft. This virginal, although built in the 19th century, features elements reminiscent of the past, in particular with regard to the short octave range (C\/E in the basses), or the assembly with thin iron and brass strings, without dampers. At a time when pianos were becoming increasingly large and elaborate, Riva\u2019s virginals offered a more compact and discreet alternative, suitable for private interiors and domestic use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-58 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"26285\" src=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA Instrument mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 \u00a9 C. Darbelet\" class=\"wp-image-26285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-1568x1568.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024-11-09-vcp-2918-1-epinette-riva-alessandro-9-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00c9pinette de Alessandro RIVA<br>Instruments mis en vente par Vichy Ench\u00e8res le 9 novembre 2024 <br>\u00a9 C. Darbelet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Together, these three instruments illustrate the evolution of musical practices and the construction of plucked keyboards, in particular the transition from the splendour of 17th and 18th century spinets to the elegant sobriety of the final examples produced. They represent both technical milestones and cultural testimonies of the rich history of harpsichords, before they were superseded by the piano.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\ude80 <strong>Suivez-nous !<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links aligncenter is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/vichyencheres\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 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