06/29/2017
1969 Baldwin CW-8-S Electric Combo Harpsichord
1969 Baldwin CW-8-S Electric Combo Harpsichord. I just took the harpsichord apart and cleaned everything, replaced felts and strings as needed and regulated and voiced the action. Polished and cleaned. Good condition and plays well for a 48 year old instrument. This harpsichord has an amazing sound. These are rare and hard to come by. It holds a tune extremely well. Needs nothing to be playable. Comes with the original pedals owners manual, tuning key and even the original sales receipt. Buyer is responsible for transporting the harpsichord.
This Baldwin Combo Electric Harpsichord is in excellent functional and cosmetic condition. It plays well and has a sonic character that you can't fully capture in any other instrument, analog/mechanical or digital. If you want the unique sound found in The Beatles' "Because", then look no further. This Baldwin harpsichord sounds so great. Originally designed by Eric Herz and built by his company Canon Guild, they sold the rights to this to Baldwin in the early 1960's and then Baldwin began building them.
These are usually missing their sheet music stand and dual volume pedal, but this one still has both. All of the notes play very well, it is in tune A=440 and sounds great. The legs are in good shape, and the plexiglass top has very few scratches. The jacks work great and are voiced very well. The damper system works perfectly, and sounds absolutely incredible. The stereo/dual-mono output jack works perfectly. It has 4 toggle switches for the two pairs of pickups, and each switch has 3 settings, which turn the front and middle pickups on and off between the left and right channel in order to assist the player in achieving their preferred timbre.
Dimensions: 54" x 36" x 40" (including music stand)
You must be 18 years old or older to purchase.
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$2500.00. I will Not take payments. I've turned down $1500.00 on 6/10. I will not negotiate the price over the phone or email. Come take a look at it, but do not offer me 1/2 or 2/3 or a quarter of my price. My price is of a fair market value for this year, make model and condition.
$2500.00