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EUCKERS 187
and
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51
Bent 8lde.
Bent side.' Undated
Bent' Bide,
with-oblong
clavecin
attached.
Bent side.
Beat Bide.
Oblong.
Oblong.
ft. in. It. in.
7 4ihy2 6
6 9 br2 7i
7 4§by2 8
7 11 by 3
7 1 by 2 7
5 11 by 2 5i
6 11 by 2
6 by 2
7i
7
General Description.
2 onginal keyboards, the lower, 4 oct. and a note
E— F ;
the upper, 45 keys, B—C. The upper
have prolongations on the lowest Fit and Gtt
keys lit an angle to touch the iourths below, in
order to preserve the seuaitoiial succes«ion after
the short octave of the lower keyboard, while
securing the short octave of the upper. '
Below
£ of the upper is a wooden block described by
Quirin van Blankenburg. This is the only
Ruckei-8 known to Mr. Hipkins left unaltered
in the instrument and keyboards. A restorer
has taken away two rows of Jacks and the stops,
as may be stlU seen ; making the instrument
two indepepdent spinets, an eleventh apart in
pitch, so as to Bet the keyboards with untransposed
notes. Painted belly with date
over keys Joanhbb Rvokbrs Fkoit Ant-
VBRPMK. Paintings inside top, blackand gold
case and old stand. Formerly in the possession
of the late Mr. Spence of Florence. See
Pianqforte I'rimer. p. 88.
1 keyboard ; no keys ; 4 stops ; Bose No. 4 ; black
and gold case.
SkeyWrds; 4ioct.,B—D; 4 stops at the side as
originally placed ; Rose No. 4 ; paintings.
2 keyboards; 5 oct., P— F; painted outside by
Teniers or Brouwer, inside by Breughel and
PaulBril. Rose No. 3.
1 keyboard ; 4| oct., Q—D j black natui-als ; Rose
No. 4; blackwood case with incrusted ivory
according to M. du Sommerard. Italian work.
2 keyboards; each SJ oct., E—C ; black nuturals
2 stops to the bent side instrument and Rose
No. 4 ; to the oblong one. Rose No. 2 ; superbly
painted. The two instruments together form
an oblong square.
4ioct.,C—E; white naturals ; superb paintings M. Snoeck, Renaix.
1 original keyboard, 4} oct., C—F j 5 keys added M. B^gibo, Renaix.
in treble ; while naturals ; 3 stops ; Rose No. 2
painting of Orpheus playing a bass viol.
1 original keyboard, 4) oct., C—F ; 4 keys added M. Rdgibo, Renaix.
in treble ; Rose No. 3, cut in hardwood.
1 keyboard ; fi oct. and a note. P— G ; not original.
An exceptional form, allied to the Bchule, Berlin.
MuseuiD of the Hocb-
-
older Italian pentagonal spinets, euolosed In
an oblong case.
Two specimens in the Flemish collection of the
late C. Snoeck.
Present Owner,
The late Right Hon. Sir
Bemhard Bamuelson
{1896).
South Kensington Museum
(gift of Messrs.
Kirkman).
Countess of Dudley.
Musdedu Conservatoire,
Paris (Clapiasou Collection).
Muste de I'HOtel de
Cluny, Paris. Cat.
1875, No. 2825.
Museum of the Hochschule,
Berlin.
Mme. Snoeck, Ghent.
Source of
Information.
A. J. Hipkins.
A. J, Hipkins,
A. J. Hipkins.
G. Chouquet.
A. J. Hipkins.
C. Mearens.
C. Meerens.
A. Rdgibo.
A. R(igibo.
Kev. F. W. Galpin.
Rev. F. W. Oalpin.
1 keyboard with two registers, unison aud Muate du Steen, Ant- Rev. F. W. Galpin.
III.
Andries Kuckees de Ofdb (the Elder).
Oblong.