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<strong>Music</strong> At <strong>Heart</strong><br />
17<br />
6.<br />
The Clavicytherium<br />
The Opus 100 of Yves Beaupré, one of<br />
Canada’s most reputable makers of early<br />
keyboard instrument, this clavicytherium<br />
was designed in 2002 after an instrument<br />
by Albertus Delin from 1768, housed in the<br />
Kunstmuseum in The Hague. This unusual<br />
instrument has the particularity of being<br />
upright and has a single set of strings.<br />
7.<br />
Two Chamber Organs<br />
Finally, <strong>Bourgie</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> also houses two<br />
magnificent chamber organs both built by<br />
Hellmuth Wolff:<br />
A small chamber organ, built in 1958 and<br />
transformed into a positive organ in 1998. It<br />
has 51 keys and five registers;<br />
A large chamber organ with 12 stops, two<br />
manuals and a pedalboard. Built in Montreal<br />
for the organists Bernard and Mireille<br />
Lagacé, it was completely restored in 2011<br />
by Hellmuth Wolff and François Desautels to<br />
adapt it to the requirements of <strong>Bourgie</strong> <strong>Hall</strong>.<br />
Fig. 6<br />
Clavicytherium (“upright harpsichord”)<br />
by Yves Beaupré, Op. 100 (Montreal, 2002).<br />
After an instrument by Albertus Delin<br />
(1712-1771), built in 1768 and preserved <strong>at</strong><br />
the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.<br />
Photo: MMFA, Christine Guest<br />
Fig. 7<br />
Small chamber organ (Op. 1)<br />
built by Hellmuth Wolff (Switzerland, 1958),<br />
restored in 1998 by Hellmuth Wolff,<br />
Jens Petersen and Steve Sinclair.<br />
Photo: MMFA, Christine Guest
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