Where can I find a cheap harpsichord?
I don’t know what you consider cheap. There are kits, and prebuilts (Hubbard and Zuckermann are two well-known manufacturers). You’re still looking at the price of a new piano. If you want a two manual instrument, you’re going to be in debt for a while. Roland has just intruduced a digital harpsichord (yes, with a harpsichord type touch) These also tend to be very expensive, since the demand is low. If the look and the touch aren’t that important, a harpsichord sound is a standard in the General MIDI spec. Any GM, GM-2, XG, etc instrument (module, software emulator, keyboard) would do. … The important things to remember, the scope of a harpsichord is typically less than five octaves, there is no “sustain pedal” on a harpsichord, and some (but not all) emulators will use the una corda pedal controller to enable the lute (or buff) stop.
