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Ruckers: A Harpsichord and Virginal Building Tradition Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Grant O'Brien

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The name of Ruckers is as important to early keyboard instruments as Stradivarius is to strings. This book describes in close detail the art and technique of the Ruckers family, who produced harpsichords and virginals throughout a period of over 100 years. Dr O'Brien provides detailed information about the construction and decoration of Ruckers harpsichords and virginals, as well as the numbering, pitch, stringing, and the determination of the original state of their instruments. Like Stradivarius violins, Ruckers instruments were later altered, and the nature and musical significance of these alterations are discussed, as is the influence of the Ruckers style on later building practice. The instruments in their original and altered states are considered in relation to the music of the time and to contemporary performance practice. The text is richly illustrated with diagrams and pictures of original instruments, and with plan-view photographs reproduced at a scale of 1:10. The book also contains a partially illustrated catalogue of authentic and fake instruments, followed by extensive appendices.

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  • Title Ruckers: A Harpsichord and Virginal Building Tradition
  • Author Grant O'Brien
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 372
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date 2009-07-01
  • ISBN 9780521066822 / 0521066824
  • Weight 1.96 lbs (0.89 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.69 x 8.27 x 0.77 in (29.69 x 21.01 x 1.96 cm)
  • Category Music/Songbooks
  • Dewey Decimal Code 786.419

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