TPW Ruckers Flemish Single Harpsichord
Instrument conceived & designed
by Marc Ducornet & Emmanuel Danset
Copyright © 2006 TPW
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. 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 2x8', 1x4' 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 |
Music desk | In oak |
Dimensions | Length 205cm ~ Width 84cm ~ Depth of case 27cm |
Weight | about 50kg |
Instructions | Manual in English or
French full size paper drawing |
Level of difficulty | Beginners to Professional |
Standard version | Version 1, ready for assembly |
Options | Version 2, case assembled Version 3, soundboard installed with decorative rose Version 4, all woodwork completed Table stand in version 2 Soundboard rose for versions 3 or 4 Bone-slipped sharps Traditional Flemish keyboard with bone naturals and oak sharps Three choirs (2x8', 1x4', buff) Stop levers in the keywell (except for the buff) Finishing & decoration materials |
Specifications subject to change without notice |
From our series of Ruckers construction pictures: Cutting the moulding for the nameboard