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 (Reverse Johannes)
& case rim (Reverse Pellegrino)
Handpainted Forest Green exterior, Colonial Green interior
Gilded mouldings
Seven leg table stand in French oak with leg storage
Matching stool with buttoned leather seat
Oak music desk & lid sticks
CAREY BEEBE • MMXVI
Private commission, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
