Instruments currently available for sale or rental:

by Thomas E. Ciul

Harpsichords, Virginals, Spinets:


Sold! To a gentleman in Detroit

Flemish Single Manual Harpsichord

Zuckermann 8x4 Flemish single completely rebuilt by Thomas
Ciul 56 note GG-d''' keyboard with buff. Dark green borders with green
and gray faux marble bands, Off white paint on lid with gilt leaf
bands. Flemish papers on interior surfaces. Wood finished turned
English style trestle stand.

$5,000.00 USD SOLD!

plus shipping



Italian Single Details
8', buff; false inner/outer C to d''' Transposes

Designed by Tom Ciul after an anonymous Venetian instrument in the Stern Coll., U of MI.

$10,000 USD







Spinet after Zenti (1637)

45 notes C/E to c''', "inner" construction, basswood case

$6,000 USD outer case with stand available for$1,500 additional

SOLD! but I can make another.


German Single

2x8', buff, strung in brass, painted case (ZHI)

56+2 (double transposer) GG to d'''

$11,000 USD


Small German Single

53 notes C to e''', 1x8' in brass with buff

$6,000 USD









Clavicitherium

after a 1490 instrument- a vertical harpsichord

$4,500 USD SOLD! but I can make another.






Flemish Quint

after Ruckers 1627, Faux marble, Flemish papers, turned stand
1x8', 1x4' at Quint pitch (plays 1/5th higher than A 415)
Thomas Ciul, designer and builder

$6,500 USD






Pentagonal Italian Spinet

at quint pitch, faux marbled case


$4,500 USD



FortePianos:


Small, Portable Fortepiano after Walter

C/E short octave to f''' or E to f''' chromatic

with dampers, mahagony case and lid and stand,

$6,500 USD





Recumbent Harp Fortepiano

with a Prell-mekanic action (Mozart had one) after an instrument in the Metropolitan Museum Coll., New York NY
Designed and Built by Thomas Ciul

$6,500 USD



Clavichord/Piano

a Prell-mekanic action in a clavichord, after an instrument in the Metropolitan Museum Coll., New York NY

$5,000 USD



Stein FortePiano

Five octaves with Viennese action, Honduran Mahogony case (Zuckermann)

$18,000 USD






Clavichords:


Clavichord "King of Sweden" (ZHI),

C/E to c'''- short octave bass

$3,500 USD



Clavichord"The Urbino Intarsia"
A Clavichord designed from a wood inlay depiction in the Palace of the Duke of Urbino, Italy
A simple and charming clavichord designed and built by Thomas Ciul
Also available as a kit for $1,000 US


$2,500 USD






Flemish Octave Clavichord (anonymous)

45 notes at 4' pitch

$3,500 USD




Clavichord after Tosi

faux marbled case

$4,500 USD


A Special Offer

For immediate sale:

19 note precut Monochord kit, two sharps per octave two octave range C-c.

Poplar case with spruce soundboard. cherry key tops. double strung in
brass. protruding keyboard casework. Very easy to build with very
loud tone. Great fun to improvise on.
$500.00 USD includes shipping


A monochord is a very early keyboard instrument. With one pair of unison strings, they were used for tuning organs as late as the 16th century. It is the direct ancestor of the clavichord. They are still used in eastern Europe for folk music performance.

Link to: A Brief History of the Monochord (use the BACK arrow on your browser to return)


and many small curious things...







A renaissance portative organ, paper pipes, with shoulder strap and hand bellows (after Landini's)

Diatonic $1,500 (12 keys)

Chromatic $2,500 (20 keys)






Baroque guitar, 5 course (anonymous French c. 1680) from $750 (flat back) to $1,500 (curved back)


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Updated February 6, 2008