Dear Dennis,

this is a copy of the 1622 Ruckers at the very right. As far as I can recall it was made by Horst Rase, formerly curator of keyed instruments in Berlin. They use this instrument, as well as their copy of the Charlottenburg Mietke, for demonstrations, as they do not touch original harpsichords for this purpose.

I have many photos of the Berlin Ruckers collection. Contact me, if you are interested.


Cheers


Michael Bender

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Does anyone have information on the fourth instrument in the center of this photo taken at the Berlin museum (black-framed red decoration and black stand, with the music desk)?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/MIM_Harpsichords.jpg

The caption says these are four Ruckerses. But this one doesn't appear among the four studied in the Galpin article:

Four Ruckers Harpsichords in Berlin
Friedrich Ernst
The Galpin Society Journal
Vol. 20 (Mar., 1967), pp. 63-75

Thanks,

Dennis

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