Flemish single Harpsichord Ruckers by The Paris Workshop

Instrument supplied in kit form for home assembly.

Our Ruckers Flemish Single Harpsichord has many benefits. It is relatively small, light and easy to move. Its tuning is stable, and the transposing keyboard permits performance with either baroque or modern instruments.

We can deliver either the traditional Flemish disposition of 8' + 4', or two unison registers 8'. This style was mostly the result of later builders enlarging the earlier instruments to make them correspond to the demands of the 18th-century.

The Ruckers Single is also available with the 2 x 8', 1 x 4' disposition, making it a little more challenging to build and giving it the same soundboard layout, in fact, as the Ruckers Double.

The photograph shows the Ruckers Single with the optional traditional bone keyboard.

Specifications:

• Range: 56+1 notes GG-d''', transposable A392/A415/A440 without loss of d'''
• Disposition: 2x8´ or 8´+4´, buff. Traditional Flemish registers through the cheek.
• Wood: Case in lime. Oak wrestplank. Bottom and lid in solid wood. Swiss pine soundboard.
• Keyboard: One reverse keyboard with ebony naturals, cherry accidentals, pearwood arcades.
• Action: Traditional wooden jacks.
• Assembly: Braces either tongue and grooved, or dovetailed.
• Stand: Turned in oak, dismountable
• Musik desk: in oak.
• Dimensions: Length 205 cm, Width 84 cm, Depth of case 27 cm.
• Weight: about 50 Kg.
• Instructions: Manual in English or French. Full size paper drawing.
• Level of difficulty: Beginners to professional.
• Standard version: Version 1, ready for assembly.
• Options not included (ask for price): Third register.  Stop levers in the keywell (except for the buff). Version 2, case assembled. Version 3, soundboard installed 2 x 8' with decorative rose. Version 4, all woodwork completed, 2 x 8'. Version 4, all woodwork completed, 8' + 4'. Version 4, all woodwork completed, 3 registers, 2 x 8' + 4'. Traditional Flemish keyboard with bone naturals and oak sharps.

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