Keywords: Flemish harpsichord.jpg A single-manual Flemish harpsichord of the Ruckers school signed Marc Ducornet Paris 2003 http //www ateliermarcducornet com/ GG-d ™ ™ ™ 56 notes + 1 note for 440 position 2X8 ™ buff stop traditional Flemish keyboard with bone slipped naturals and arcades with leather decoration oak accidentals Stop levers through the nameboard Decorative rose on the soundboard Length 209 cm width 85 8 cm weight about 55 kg Painted throughout by Alison Woolley Bukghalter of Florence http //www florenceart net/alison/ with designs based on the Claviorganum by Lodewyk Theewes of 1579 in the Victoria and Albert Museum London http //bp1 blogger com/_9OtiTpiCjUA/R6c7vXsvDYI/AAAAAAAAADM/6xUVUHlBcK4/s1600-h/IMG_0963 JPG being faux-iron strapwork on an ox-blood base the inside of the lid with sphinx birds a monkey and an cartouche of Orpheus taming the animals in a mountainous landscape On an oak stand based on a painting Portrait de famille by Gillis van Tilborgh ca 1650-1675 in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Brussels http //images google ch/imgres imgurl http //gallerymisa hp infoseek co jp/cembalo/tilborgh jpg imgrefurl http //gallerymisa hp infoseek co jp/cembalo/cembalo06 html usg __hp9qRVwfbpzm_HPSdZgRdNJusKU h 496 w 660 sz 113 hl en start 64 tbnid HlhxNesj72xqIM tbnh 104 tbnw 138 prev /images 3Fq 3Dgillis 2Bvan 2Btilborgh 26gbv 3D2 26ndsp 3D20 26hl 3Den 26sa 3DN 26start 3D60 Private collection Photographed by Nick Michael 2005 Reproduction of 2D artwork in public domain Harpsichords Strapwork Monkeys in art |