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Date Posted: 06:45:15 02/17/03 Mon
Author: Rob Weingartner
Subject: Harpsichord

A harpsichord is a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected to the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.

The instrument was very common on records in the Sixties. The Rolling Stones used it on "Play With Fire," "Lady Jane," "Take It Or Leave It," "Sitten On A Fence," and several others as well. Exactly who played the harpsichord on what songs is hard to say, considering the Stones had several people who played keyboards on their albums like Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Ian Stewart, and session man Jack Nitzche. The Beatles, Yardbirds, Monkees and Donovan also used a harpsichord on their records.

When I find out more on the instrument I will post it.

Rob Weingartner

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