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The Karsten Collection is a curated set of historical keyboards spanning the 17th to 19th centuries, handpicked by collector Peter Karsten. This pack includes virginals, square pianos, pianofortes, and harpsichords - each with its own historic personality and construction heritage. You get access to instruments like the New York Steinway square piano (1858), the Jacob Weimes pianoforte (1780), the Philippus Schmidt square piano (1780), the Giovanni Giusti Harpsichord (1680), and the Joseph Salodiensis Virginal (1600).
Because all of these are physically modeled, they feel alive: you can adjust voicing, tuning, temperaments, hammer and string parameters, and micro-positioning. In Standard and Pro editions, you can even alter tuning systems (historical temperaments) or dive into microtonality with the Advanced Tuning window. The "Original" preset for each instrument faithfully evokes how the instrument sounds today; alternate presets envision how it might have sounded new.
These instruments offer a bridge between early keyboard authenticity and modern musical demands. They bring vintage charm into cinematic, experimental, or modern classical works without the limitations of static samples. The compact modeling approach keeps CPU and memory use manageable even in complex arrangements.
In recent developments, the Karsten models have had tuning and voicing refinements, better balancing between registers, and improved humanization in register coupling - giving the instruments more natural expressiveness and less mechanical uniformity.
If you're composing early music, historical reconstructions, or exploring hybrid sound textures, the Karsten Collection gives you credible and customizable historical keyboards at your fingertips.
Features
| Historical instrument set | Virginal, square pianos, pianoforte, harpsichord |
| Full physical modeling | Tuning, voicing, mechanics, temperament control |
| Advanced tuning & temperaments | Historical systems + microtonal access |
| "Original" vs "Renewed" presets | Authentic vs historically ideal sound |
| Low footprint | Models run efficiently |
| Voicing refinements & coupling control | Adjusted register balance and interaction |
| Voicing & balance tuning | Smoother balance across octaves & registers |
| Coupling/humanization tweaks | More natural inter-register response |
| Tuning algorithm upgrades | Better accuracy and stability in temperaments |
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