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
Wooden jacks with Celcon plectra
Strung in Malcolm Rose wire
Handpainted Tavern Table Blue exterior
Flemish printed papers to keywell (Johannes)
& soundboard rim (Pellegrino)
Soundboard painting by Diana Ford in style of early I Ruckers
Gilded rose, bright mouldings
French oak turned trestle stand, music desk & lid sticks
CAREY BEEBE • MMIV
Private ownership, Boston MA, United States of America
