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Double-manual harpsichord.
Technical description: Double-manual transposing Flemish harpsichord. Compass: upper manual 45notes C₁/E₁ - C₆ [CC/EE - c'''] at standard Ruckers pitch; lower manual 50notes C₁/E₁ - F₆ (CC/EE - f''') aligned so that F₁-F₆ play the same strings as the upper manual keys C₁-C₆. Two sets of strings (now removed) 1 × 8-ft, 1 × 4-ft, played from both manuals, 4 registers. Repair History: Neither the outer case decoration nor the stand are original.
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1638 - 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:2243
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18129