PART 1 CLAVICHORD - PART 2 HARPSICHORD - Structure - The Renaissance: Italy, Northern Europe - c1590 to c1700: Flanders, France, England - 18th century: France, England, Italy, Germany and other European countries - Since 1800: 19th century, 1900 to 1940, since 1940 - PART 3 SPINET - PART 4 VIRGINAL - PART 5 REPERTORY - Glossary of makers - Bibliography - Index