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Michael Mietke

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on a porcelain white background, earning the instrument the affectionate modern nickname "The White Mietke", while the double manual instrument is in similar style, but on a black background and thus often referred to as "The Black Mietke".
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in Berlin there are two instruments, both probably made for the court. Both are unsigned, although they have been linked to Mietke beyond reasonable doubt. One is a single-manual, which belonged personally to
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and is known to have been an instrument maker there from 1695. He succeeded Christoph Werner in 1707 as official maker to the court. He delivered a harpsichord to the court at
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The 1702-4 "White Mietke", a single manual, 2x8' instrument, decorated by Gerard Dagly, preserved in the
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II (5 March 1702 – April/August 1754) was his son; he became harpsichord maker to the
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Dieter Krickerberg: 'Mietke', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 2007-05-18),
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Kottick EL, A History of the Harpsichord, 2003, Indiana University Press
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The sons and grandson of Michael Mietke followed in his footsteps:
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