Buxtehude Aria BuxWV 249 Michael Fuerst Fleischer Harpsichord Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte

Aria (Partite diverse) in a BuxWV 249, Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Harpsichord by Carl Conrad Fleischer, Hamburg, 1716 Michael Fuerst, harpsichord Christoph Schönbeck, audio and video Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Holstenwall 24, 20355 Hamburg The Fleischer harpsichord was made in Hamburg by Carl Conrad Fleischer in the year 1716. Along with the famous 1674 painting showing Dieterich Buxtehude and Johann Adam Reincken, it is held in the collection of the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte in the city where it was originally built. The instrument was restored in 2019 by Ulrich Weymar, whereby the original stringing was reconstructed according to indications given on the original jacks, accordingly it strung completely in iron. It has 3 registers (2 x 8’, 1 x 4’) and a lute stop. The registrations are as follows: Aria (variation 1) – back 8’ with lute stop Variation 2 – (2:30) back 8’, both 8’s starting measure 17 (3:06) Variation 3 – (4