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 reverse keyboards GG–d''' A392/A415/A440
Tapered pearwood jacks with holly tongues,
boar bristle springs & natural Delrin plectra
Strung in Malcom Rose red & yellow brass, and P-wire
Gilded rose
Soundboard painting by Diana Ford using Australian motifs
in style of early I Ruckers
Flemish printed papers to keywell (Johannes)
& case rim (Pellegrino)
Latin mottos on papered lid interior
Handpainted Soldier Blue exterior, bright mouldings
Seven leg table stand in French oak
Matching stool with buttoned leather seat
Oak music desk & lid sticks
CAREY BEEBE • MMXIV
Commission for Scotch College, Melbourne
