The chekker (or archiquier, eschequier, scaquer, scacarum, Schachtbret) is a European early musical instrument of the Middle Ages, first documented in 1360,[1] whose exact details are a matter of academic debate. Some have suggested that the name is simply an alternate term for the clavichord, virginal, or similar early keyboard instrument, while others suggest that it refers to a distinctly different stringed keyboard instrument not otherwise well-attested.[2]
References
edit- ^ Early Keyboard Journal. Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society and the University of Georgia School of Music. 2002. p. 10.
- ^ Early Keyboard Instruments. Norton. 1989. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-393-30515-9.
Further reading
edit- In Search of the Chekker: Progenitor of the String Keyboard Instrument. H.L. Aleyn Wykington, Apprentice to Master Stephen of Hunmanby OL. For Tir Righ Arts and Science Championship. October A.S. 46
This article relating to zithers is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |