Custom Instruments
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The Ruckers Double Harpsichord
2 x 8´, 1 x 4´,
buff on back 8´
Stop registers worked by brass levers through nameboard
Two 56+1-note bone keyboards GG–d''' A392/A415/A440
Tapered pearwood jacks with holly tongues,
boar bristle springs & natural Celcon plectra
Strung in Malcom Rose wire
Gilded rose
Soundboard painting by Diana Ford
in style of early I Ruckers
Flemish printed papers to keywell (Reverse Seahorse),
case rim (Single Mask Medallion) & jackrail (Emperor Mask Medallion)
Latin mottos on papered lid interior
Marbled exterior, bright mouldings
Seven leg table stand in French oak
Oak music desk & lid sticks
Matching oak stool with buttoned leather seat
CAREY BEEBE • MMXI
Royal Opera House, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
