Eisenach is also the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach, so after our visit to Wartburg Castle on Tuesday, we visited the Bachhaus (Bach House and Museum).
We were treated to a lovely demonstration of five period instruments: two chamber organs (Switzerland, ca. 1750, and Thuringia, ca. 1650), a fretted clavichord (around 1770), a spinet (1765) and a harpsichord (Thuringia 1705).
A performance on the spinet
Pochette or pocket violin (ca. 1680) used by dancing teachers. When the teacher was demonstrating figures to his students he put the instrument in his coat pocket
The serpent (ca. 1800), also known as the bass horn or Russian bassoon
The trumpet, horn, cornett and sackbutt (ancestor of the modern trombone) are among the brass instruments used in Bach's time
Square piano (1788)
Pedal harp (1810)
In Bach's time, lutes were common in all sorts of pitches and with any number of strings
The recorder, transverse flute, oboe and bassoon are amongst the woodwind instruments used in Bach's time
People listening to Bach in their own private bubble chairs
Waiting for the bus outside the Bachhaus
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