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Five octaves FF - f3 61 notes
Length 221 cm
Width 92,5 cm
Height 26,5 cm
Height with stand 93 cm
2 x 8' 1x4' Buff Peau de Buffle
Registration changed by knee pommels following the Taskin modifications of 1781 including shove coupler.
Casework of poplar and limewood
Spruce
8' bridge: cherry
4' bridge: beech
Levers of limewood with
Natural touchplates of ebony, boxwood arcades
Accidentals: stained pearwood, bone covered
Painted case to client's specification
As original, painted: Louis XVI style legs
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The early history of the original harpsichord and its extremely fine tone makes this a very valuable example of the great beauty and sophistication
that harpsichord making reached by the end of the 18th century. This instrument, by one of the last members of the great Ruckers tradition, was modified by two great French builders, Blanchet
in 1758 and then by Pascal Taskin in 1781 thereby giving an unsurpassed pedigree.