1637 Zenti bentside spinet replica. L. Couperin dances

This replica of Girolamo Zenti’s 1637 bentside spinet was made by Seattle instrument maker Jack Peters (jpearlymus@) in 1999. About the instrument: ================= Case: Alaskan Cedar (the Zenti original was Cypress) Natural keytops: Olive Outer case lid painting: Ben Farnsworth (1967–2016) Jacks: Bailey (plastic, with delrin plectra) Keys: 45, with short octave in bass Pitch: 415 (currently) Strings: brass Maker of replica: Jack Peters, Seattle, WA Year of replica: 1999 Current home of the original: Brussels, Belgium Place of origin of replica: Seattle, WA, USA =================================== Here I am playing the instrument outside of its case---you see the spinet in its outer case at the beginning of the video, under the title. (Other videos will show me playing the instrument inside its case.) Here I play three movements from harpsichord Suite IX by Louis Couperin (1626-1661), uncle of the more renowned François Couper