Dulcken
French-Flemish double manual Harpsichord
By David Rubio
Disposition : 2x8' / 4' + buffstop
Transposition : A392 / A415 / A440
Range : 5 octave FF-g'''
Dimensions : L259*B98
Construction year : 1974
Stringing : Malcolm Rose Red & Yellow, Brass Wire & Soft Iron Wire
A copy of a two manual Flemish eighteenth century instrument by the esteemed original maker and inheritor of the Ruckers tradition, Johan Daniel Dulcken (1736-1769).
The instrument was buit in 1974 in the Oxfordshire village of Duns Tew by the late great luthier and supreme maker of classical guitars, viola de gambas, chests of viols and violins David Rubio (1934-2000).