Dear members,

 

In case you’re considering Antwerpen during your holiday: I can recommend (apart from the well known Vleeshuys museum) the “Snijders Rockox” museum. Amongst quite a lot of interesting furniture and paintings, they have a Couchet virginal and a harpsicord from Andreas Ruckers den Ouden” (translates roughly as “Andreas Ruckers the old fart”) on display. 

 

https://www.snijdersrockoxhuis.be/en/

 

The instruments are not in playable condition but otherwise they seem very well preserved. According to the guide, the price of such instruments equaled the year income of a master craftsman. Nothing much has changed since 😊

 

I’ve made some photo’s, alas not of very good quality but still. It’s rather dark where the instruments are and flash is not allowed. If you’re interested, send me a mail off list and I’ll mail them to you.

 

Greetings,

 

Chris.


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