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4 unusual facts about Pascal Taskin


Gilbert Rowland

The instrument Rowland usually plays is in the late 18th century French style, built in the manner of Pascal Taskin, with a five octave compass of FF to g.

Pascal Taskin

William Dowd: The Surviving Instruments of the Blanchet Workshop, The Historical Harpsichord: a Monograph Series in Honor of Frank Hubbard, i, ed.

John Koster: Two Early French Grand Pianos, Early Keyboard Journal, xii (1994)

Taskin

Pascal Joseph Taskin (1723-1793), Belgian-French harpsichord and piano maker


Henri Hemsch

His remaining instruments are similar in number and quality to those of the Blanchet/Taskin family.


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