CBH English Bentside Spinet short and broken octave

• Always read the accompanying technical description! More harpsichord stuff @ Carey Beebe exploring the bottom octave of a Bentside Spinet with split sharps. The short octave was a common device effectively increasing the keyboard compass of smaller instruments, without making them any physically larger. There is often a moment of confusion when a modern player experiences a short octave for the first time, especially one like this instrument where the bottom two sharps are sp