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Harpsichord by Ruckers, A

Maker:

Ruckers, A

Number of manuals:

one

Year:

1627

Museum:

Rijksmuseum

Date Range

1600-1650

Current Location: 

Netherlands

Material:

Spruce , Bone, Oak, Poplar Wood

Painter:

Pedals:

Catalogue Number:

BM0-1552

Origin:

Antwerp, Belgium

Type:

Harpsichord

This exceptionally small harpsichord sounds a fifth above normal pitch and is the only one of its kind to have survived. The Flemish Ruckers family, perhaps the most famous harpsichord makers of all time, produced instruments richly ornamented with paintings as well as with simpler printed paper decoration, like the one here. The soundboard is painted with floral and bird motifs in tempera

Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (CC0 Public Domain), via Rijksstudio / Rijksmuseum Collection.

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