17th Century Flemish Virginals
Models
A 5-voet Muselar based on the 1640 Joannes Ruckers in the Haags Gemeentemuseum in the Hague and an earlier instrument dated 1604 by Andreas and Joannes Ruckers in the Brussels Museum.
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The keyboard compass is C/E-C3, 47 notes with a short octave in the bass. The pitch is set at a=415hz and the keyboard cannot be transposed. The leather topped register is cut directly into the spruce soundboard and is fixed in place.
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Standard Materials & Finish:
The casework is poplar with poplar frames. The soundboard is Swiss pine or German spruce. The natural keys are topped with bone and the accidentals are of 'Bog' oak. The jacks, bridges and nuts are in European beech.Soundboards have a small cast rose with optional soundboard paintings and borders. Handprinted 'seahorse' papers adorn the front board and keywell with border papers surrounding the soundboards. The inside of the lid and fallboard are decorated with 'wood-grain' papers, Latin mottos and swirling arabesques. The keyboard arcades are embossed in a trellis pattern.
Optional Accoutrements:
- Simple turned stand in oak
- Trellis stand in Oak
- Soundboard Painting
- Flemish block papers with Latin ‘Motto’
- Painted faux marble exterior -
Length: 56.5" (143.5 cm)
Width: 19" (48.3 cm)
Height: 35.5" (90.2 cm)
Depth: 8.5" (21.7 cm)
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