Jette Mogensen Claviorgan - composer & organist English Deutsch Dansk
	Home   Claviorgan    Repertoire   CV   Press   Contact	A claviorgan is an organ with pipes built in with a harpsichord. The instrument has a very specific sound; more voluminous than a harpsichord and spryer than an organ.   Jette Mogensen had her unique purpose-built claviorgan made by the organ builders Pinchi and Skrabl fromItaly and Slovenia. The Italian Franco Barrucchieri built the harpsichord.   The organ consists of Gedacht 8, flute 4, pipe quint 2 2/3, principal 2 and regal 8, and it has divided registers.   The harpsichord has an 8 foot pitch, a 4 foot pitch and felt dampers divided into bass and treble.   This instrument is supposedly one of the 10 largest playing claviorgans in the world and the only one inScandinavia.   The Claviorgan is an instrument whose origin is uncertain; a number of "virgynalls with regals" are mentioned as early as the 15th century. It must have been an instrument which was considerably more expensive than any other keyboard instrument; barring a full-sized church organ. It has been an exclusive prestige instrument, one which many courts around Europe had included in their collection of instruments.     Practical info For a concert with claviorgan the door must be a minimum of 78 centimetres wide and have a 2 meter free passage, on both sides of the door. If there are stairs or steps on the premises, the organizer(s) of the concert must provide 2-4 men, available to lift the organ. The organ weighs approximately 150 kilos and has wheels.   Listen: Recording: Jette Mogensen's performance of her own Hjerteløft (Heartlift)   Recording: Part of G. Frescobaldi's Aria detta Balletto