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Dan Morgenstern talks about some of the harpsichords at his La Plata County home that he has made over the years. This one is a muselaar, a Flemish-Dutch design, a style which makes up about 80 percent of all harpsichords. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern talks about some of his harpsichords, including this, a virginal, at his La Plata County home. Morgenstern began building this virginal in the 1980s, but work and family took him away. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Music wire that Dan Morgenstern uses in his harpsichords at his La Plata County homes. In harpsichords, the wire is plucked, but in pianos, it’s hammered. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern plays one of the two harpsichords out of a total of 12 in his La Plata County home that he has made. This one features a painting of his daughter, Julia, when she was a baby, as a cherub. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern talks about some of his harpsichords at his La Plata County home. This one features his daughter, Julia, as a cherub when she was a baby. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern works on his muselaar, a Dutch-Flemish version of a harpsichord, he is finally finishing after beginning it in the 1980s. The one in back is a virginal and features a scene in St. James Park often used in virginals. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Harpsichord keyboards that Dan Morgenstern uses in his harpsichords at his La Plata County home. Having two keyboards like this is called a double manual. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Music wire that Dan Morgenstern uses in his harpsichords at his La Plata County home. He is finishing two that he began in the 1980s, which still need to be regulated and voiced to eliminate creaking and a forced tone. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern talks about some of his harpsichords at his La Plata County home. He began this harpsichord in the 1980s, and it features a lid painted by his aunt, Esther Morgenstern Gilman. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern plays one of many harpsichords in his La Plata County home that he has made over the years. With two levels of keyboard, this is called a double manual, the harpsichord version of a concert grand piano. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A wooden canoe is the most recent project Dan Morgenstern has built at his La Plata County home. While he has already put it in area lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, he can’t wait to launch it in Lake Nighthorse. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern plays one of the two harpsichords in his La Plata County home that he has made and kept over the years. Others of his 12 harpsichords are in private collections and at two conservatories. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern plays his double manual harpsichord, which he calls his magnum opus, one of the 12 harpsichords he has made over the years. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Dan Morgenstern plays one of many harpsichords in his La Plata County home that he has made over the years. Over his shoulder is a print of “Flute Concert at Sans Souci,” which shows Frederick the Great playing his flute while accompanied by a harpsichordist. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
