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Pierre Verbeek
2013
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✤ What is a transposing
harpsichord?
✤ Why transposing
harpsichords?
Upper Pitch =
D E
C F c3 R
Keyb.
Pitch =
Lower D E R-4
Keyb. C F f3
4%
36%
64%
96%
28
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Ioannes Ruckers 1637 IR Museo Antich. Instr. Music. Rome Restored by J. Barnes 1969-70 in original state
Andreas Ruckers 1608 AR Russell Coll. Edinburgh Aligned & altered C-d3
Andreas Ruckers 1614 AR Private coll. Dartington Hall, Devon English 18th c. ravalement A1-e3
Andreas Ruckers 1623 AR Private coll. Saint-Etienne, France Full-scale ravalement F-f3
Andreas Ruckers 1623 AR Private coll., England (?) English 18th c. ravalement F1,G1-f3
Andreas Ruckers 1624 AR Gruuthuuse Museum, Bruges Converted into single keyboard instr.
Andreas Ruckers 1628 AR Private coll. Hamburg Alignment & petit ravalement A1-c3
Andreas Ruckers 1633 AR Museum Univ. Leipzig Converted into single keyboard instr.
Andreas Ruckers 1640 AR Musée de Groesbeeck, Namur Original condition, w/o keyboards
Andreas Ruckers 1646 AR Musée des instr. du CNSM, Paris Aligned & petit ravalement F-f3 and G1-c3
Andreas Ruckers 1651 AR Victoria & Albert Museum, London English 18th c. ravalement G1,A1-f3
Upper Pitch =
D E
C F c3 R
Keyb.
Pitch =
Lower D E R-4
Keyb. C F f3
Upper Pitch =
D E
C F c3 R
Keyb.
Pitch =
Lower D E R-4
Keyb. C F f3
Upper Pitch =
D E
C F c3 R
Keyb.
Pitch =
Lower D E R-4
Keyb. C F f3
✤ QED