Hieronymus Albrecht Hass

Hieronymus Albrecht Hass ( born December 1, 1689 Hamburg, † June 19, 1752 ) was a German keyboard Bauer.

Life

Hieronymus Albrecht Hass ( variants: Haas, Hasse, hare, hash ) (December 1, 1689 - June 19, 1752, date of baptism and burial) was a German harpsichord maker and Clavichordbauer. He is the father of Johann Adolph Hass, who built also harpsichords and clavichord. He gained the Hamburg citizens rights on October 2, 1711 Hamburg was also his birth and of death. In 1713 he is listed on the birth certificate of his son as an instrument maker and Clavirmacher.

Work

The last he built instruments are two unfretted Clavichords from 1744; a Clavicimbel for Duke Karl Friedrich of Schleswig -Holstein - Plön was delivered in the same year.

The oldest written reference to works of the Hass family dates back to 1758 when Jacob Adlung ' Hasse in Hamburg ' mentioned as the builder of a Cembal d' amour. 1773 called the English music historian Charles Burney ' Hasse, father and son, Both dead' as German organ builder and mentioned that her wings and Claviere were ( ' Their wings are much sought after and Claviere ') highly sought after.

Raymond Russell writes about hate, and the son that ' the scope and quality of their traditional work, they can take one of the top ranks in the German Instrumentebau '. About their instruments Frank Hubbard writes that only one could be considered as scheduled in the conventional manner ( ' only one Has What Could be Regarded as a normal disposition '). Your surviving harpsichords show in many ways the effort to further development of the instrument: one from 1721 is 2.58 m long; one from 1723 has the unusual disposition 8 ' 8 ' 8 ' 4'. Occasionally taught hate a 16' - register ( an octave below the standard 8 'register ) and a 2'- register ( 2 octaves above the 8' register ) a.

1740 created the largest known hatred harpsichord, which was built before the 20th century: It has three manuals with paddocks, five registers (16 ' 8 ' 8 ' 4' 2 '), six rows Springer, a lute and a Harfenzug for the 16' - register.