The harpsichord and fortepiano used for this seminar are instruments from the workshop of Paul McNulty, who is one of the most highly respected fortepiano builders working today. His instruments, modeled after the best instruments of classical and romantic era are the result of meticulous research of the originals. He has built more than 350 fortepianos after Silbermann, Stein, Walter, Hofmann, Buchholtz, Fritz, Graf, Pleyel, Boisselot and Streicher which feature in many recordings and are owned by prominent players and leading music institutions such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Paul Badura-Skoda, Malcolm Bilson, Ronald Brautigam, Paris Opera, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Glyndebourne Festival and Warsaw Chopin Institute. In recent years, Paul McNulty has been joined by his junior partner, Sergei Kramer, who continues to develop and expand the workshop’s legacy. Built in 2026 by Sergei Kramer, the instrument presented at the seminar is a Dulcken harpsichord made using a new research-based scanning technique personally carried out by Sergei Kramer on the finest surviving historical instruments by this famous Flemish maker.