The harpsichord left is a copy of the
famous IR Ioannes
Ruckers 1612.
(1612 IR
Ioannes Ruckers, 1612?, grand ravalement of a normal double-manual
harpsichord, Instrument
Museum
of the
Conservatoire N.S.M., Paris, No. E.1. )
It has the decorations, soundboard and
case of the Ioannes Ruckers 1624. (1624
I R
Ioannes Ruckers, 1624, aligned
petit ravalement of a normal double-manual harpsichord, Le musée des
Unterlinden, Colmar, France.)
This harpsichord is made by Carel Teerink (Wijlre) and Ioannes de Pauw
('s-Hertogenbosch) It has beautiful decorations and pure gold leaves is
used.
The
openings tune is played on the Ruckers 1624 by Carel Teerink