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Single-manual harpsichord.
Technical description: Single-manual Flemish harpsichord. Compass 57notes A₁ - F₆ [AA - f''']. Three registers 2 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft. String lengths (plucking points): F₆ 133 (51), C₆ 179 (58), F₅ 264 (70), C₅ 347 (79), F₄ 507 (97), C₄ 644 (109), F₃ 856 (128), C₃ 1016 (137), F₂ 1233 (145), C₂ 1371 (153), A₁ 1429 (156). Repair History: Originally a standard Ruckers type with two registers but with a chromatic bass instead of the usual short octave. Instrument underwent ravelement in the 18th century. The wresplank is a replacement. Restored by Hugh Gough in 1952; restored by John Barnes in 1974.
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1637 - Maker:
Ruckers, Ioannes - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Antwerp/Belgium - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1830
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18062