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Flemish Double-Manual Harpsichord
Flemish double-manual harpsichord (petite ravalement) after instruments by Ioannes and Andreas Ruckers. Case decoration and stand based on harpsichord by Ioannes Ruckers, 1640 (Schloss Ahaus, Germany).
Interior lid painting featuring a Venetian scene adapted from a painting by Francesco Guardi (Italian Rococo Era Painter, 1712-ca.1793).
Case features casein based paint with 22K gold leaf.
2x8' & 1x4' choirs of string; buff. Hand carved traditional keyboard GG - d'''; transposable A415/A440, blackwood naturals with bone slipped sharps, pearwood arcades, Swiss pine soundboard with Ruckers style rose, antique music wire and pear wood jacks.
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