Custom Instruments
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The Ruckers Double Harpsichord
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´, buff to back 8´
Stop registers worked by levers through nameboard
Two 56+1-note reverse keyboards GG–d''' A392/A415/A440
Tapered pearwood jacks with holly tongues,
boar bristle springs & Canada goose quill
Strung in Birkett Red & Yellow Brass, and P-wire
Handpainted Forest Green exterior, Colonial Green interior
Gilded rose & case mouldings
Seven leg turned table stand in French oak
Soundboard painting by Diana Ford using Australian motifs
in style of early I Ruckers
Flemish printed papers to keywell (Reverse Johannes)
& case rim (Sylvius Moresque II)
Oak music desk, lid sticks, and adjustable stool
CAREY BEEBE • MMIII
Available for hire
