<html> <body> What don't I know here? If it's a harpsichord, it's a harpsichord. Isn't it? I thought a Virginal was a totally different thing. Been wrong before. Probably am again. But at the university, we have two harpsichords. :-) Avery Todd At 09:21 AM 4/17/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> I still can’t get our organist/choirmaster to call his “harpsichord” by it’s technically correct name:  a virginal.  I’m sure not gonna try to change the whole world!!:-) JD   <hr> <div align="center"></div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl"> mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Philippe Errembault Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 7:59 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: piano, piano-forte, forte-piano : Terminology - What's your opinion ?   Hello,   Just consulting the french wikipedia, I discovered that piano-forte is the original name of the instrument invented by Cristophori near 1700, and it was in a harpsichord like frame, while forte-piano was built around 60 years later by Friederici, on a square frame like a clavichord. This is not matching with what I find on the english wikipedia...   What's your opinios about that ? what instrument should be called what ? Or do you think the names are just not the seme between both langagues ?     Philippe Errembault</blockquote></body> </html>