The lautenwerck is a gut-stringed instrument that resembles the harpsichord with a unique sound that imitates the soft timbre of the lute. JS Bach's cousin built several types of lute-harpsichord and the great composer is known to have had two. None have survived but several artisans are reconstructing lautenwercks based on written descriptions. Below early-music specialist Dongsok Shin plays Bach’s Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat, BWV 998 on a lautenwerck built by Anden Houben of Tuscaloosa, AL in 1997.
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