Henri Hemsch, original name Johann Heinrich Hemsch (variants Jean-Henri Hemsch, Johannes Heinrich Hembsch), was a French harpsichord maker who was originally from Germany. He was born in Kastenholtz, near Cologne, and moved to France in 1728 where he served a six-year apprenticeship in the shop of Antoine Vater (fl. Paris, 1715–1759), another German émigré. Following this, he set up independently with his younger brother Guillaume (Wilhelm).

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  • Henri Hemsch, original name Johann Heinrich Hemsch (variants Jean-Henri Hemsch, Johannes Heinrich Hembsch), was a French harpsichord maker who was originally from Germany. He was born in Kastenholtz, near Cologne, and moved to France in 1728 where he served a six-year apprenticeship in the shop of Antoine Vater (fl. Paris, 1715–1759), another German émigré. Following this, he set up independently with his younger brother Guillaume (Wilhelm). He served as juré of the instrument makers' guild in 1746. He is considered one of the most important Parisian makers of his time. He was succeeded in his craft by his nephew Jean-Henri Moers (b. Kastenholtz, August 1734; fl.1754–1793). Five of his double manual harpsichords survive today. The earliest, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is dated 1736. His instruments are similar to those of Vater and French in style, with two manuals, three-register disposition with shove coupler and a compass of FF–e''' (rising to f''' in a 1761 instrument at the Musée de la Musique, Paris). His remaining instruments are similar in number and quality to those of the Blanchet/Taskin family. He made the famous Harpsichord that is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
  • Jean-Henri Hemsch (né en 1700 près de Cologne, mort en 1769 à Paris) fut un des plus célèbres facteurs de clavecins parisiens de son temps. Il était d'origine allemande. De son vrai nom Johann Heinrich Hemsch, il vint s'installer en France en 1728, et travailla dans l'atelier du facteur Antoine Vater, lui aussi allemand émigré. Il travailla ensuite pour son propre compte, en association avec son plus jeune frère Guillaume (Wilhelm) et devint un des plus fameux facteurs et experts parisiens. Ses clavecins sont typiquement français et comparables en qualité à ceux de la famille Blanchet-Taskin. Il subsiste aujourd'hui cinq instruments à deux claviers de sa production. Le plus ancien, visible au Museum of Fine Arts à Boston date de 1736. Le Musée de la Musique à Paris en possède un de 1761.
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  • September 1769
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  • Henri Hemsch, original name Johann Heinrich Hemsch (variants Jean-Henri Hemsch, Johannes Heinrich Hembsch), was a French harpsichord maker who was originally from Germany. He was born in Kastenholtz, near Cologne, and moved to France in 1728 where he served a six-year apprenticeship in the shop of Antoine Vater (fl. Paris, 1715–1759), another German émigré. Following this, he set up independently with his younger brother Guillaume (Wilhelm).
  • Jean-Henri Hemsch (né en 1700 près de Cologne, mort en 1769 à Paris) fut un des plus célèbres facteurs de clavecins parisiens de son temps. Il était d'origine allemande. De son vrai nom Johann Heinrich Hemsch, il vint s'installer en France en 1728, et travailla dans l'atelier du facteur Antoine Vater, lui aussi allemand émigré.
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