List of historical harpsichord makers

This page presents a graphical timelines, listing historical makers of the harpsichord and related instruments such as the virginal, spinet and clavicytherium.

Below is an overview of arguably the most important harpsichord makers whose names are known today, but the list is by no means exhaustive.

Some of those listed were founders and members of influential harpsichord building dynasties.

Some of the makers who started the historically informed harpsichord revival are also included.

A more detailed list of historical Italian harpsichord makers.

This image divides 18th-century western Europe according to regional harpsichord building traditions: Green: Flemish. Yellow: French. Light blue: Italian. Red: German. Dark blue: English. Orange: Iberian.