WILLIAMSBURG — A new spinet-style harpsichord has been added to the Colonial Williamsburg musical instrument collection, but there is a twist: It’s for sale.

Master harpsichord maker Edward Wright and journeyman Melanie Belongia, both tradespeople who work in Colonial Williamsburg’s cabinetmakers shop, have fashioned a handmade reproduction of a 1764 harpsichord made in London by craftsman William Harris.

“The original instrument was in our collection and we decided we would focus on studying the instrument and reproducing it,” Wright said. “We could research the harpsichord by reproducing it. Our research also included the history of the maker and his family, which included a number of harpsichord makers.”

It took about 700 labor hours to build during a two-year span. Now completed, bu

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