198
RUCKERS.
| No. | Form. | Date. | Dimensions. | General Description. | Present Owner. | Source of information. | ||||
| ft. | in. | ft. | in. |
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| 16 | Bent side. | 1627 | 6 | 0 | by | 2 | 7½ | 1 original keyboard; 4⅓ oct., C—E; white naturals; 2 stops; Rose No. 4; painting inside top, drawn in 'La Musique aux Pays-Bas,' tome 3. Inscribed as No. 15, and Musica donum Dei. | M. Vander Straeten, Brussels | E. Vander Straeten. |
| 17 | Oblong. | 1628 | 5 | 9 | by | 1 | 7½ | 1 keyboard; 4½ oct., C—F, without lowest C♯; appears to have been extended by the maker from 3¾ oct., E—C. A sourdine 'à genouillère.' | M. Léon Jouret, Brussels. | V. Mahillon. |
| 18 | Bent side. | 1630 | 4 | 10½ | by | 2 | 10 | 2 keyboards; 4¾ oct., G—E; black naturals; painting inside top said to be by Lancret. Inscribed Joannes Ruckers me fecit Antverpiae. Case and top black and gold lacquer. Chinese. Drawn in 'L'Illustration' 13 March, 1858, and as frontispiece to Chevalier de Burbure's pamphlet. | Baroness James de Rothschild, Paris. | Georges Pfeiffer. |
| 19 | Bent side. | 1632 | 8 | 2 | by | 3 | 3 | 2 keyboards; 5 oct. and 1 note, F—G; white naturals; 4 stops 'à genouillère.' Rose No. 3. | M. Snoeck, Renaix. | C. Meerens. |
| 20 | Bent side. | 1637 | 6 | 1 | by | 2 | 9½ | 1 keyboard; 4⅔ oct., A—F; white naturals. Inscribed as No. 18, with date. | John Callcott Horsley, Esq., R.A., London. | J. C. Horsley. |
| 21 | Oblong. | 1638 | 5 | 9 | by | 1 | 7 | 1 keyboard; 4 oct., etc,, C—D; white naturals. Inscribed as No. 15, with date, and MUSICA MAGNORUM EST SOLAMEN DULCE LABORUM. Rose No. 2. | M. Snoeck, Renaix. | C. Meerens. |
| 22 | Bent side. | 1639 | 5 | 9 | by | 2 | 7½ | 1 keyboard; no keys; 4 stops; Rose No. 4; black and gold case. | South Kensington Museum (gift of Messrs. Kirkman). | A. J. Hipkins. |
| 23 | Bent side. | 1642 | 7 | 4½ | by | 2 | 8 | 2 keyboards; 4⅓ oct., B—D; 4 stops at the side as originally placed; Rose No. 4; paintings. | F. R. Leyland, Esq., London. | A. J. Hipkins. |
| 24 | Bent side. | Un- dated |
7 | 11 | by | 3 | 0 | 2 keyboards; 5 oct., F—F; painted outside by Teuiers or Brouwer, inside by Breughel and Paul Bril. Rose No. 3. | Musée du Conservatoire, Paris (Clapisson Collection). | G. Chouquet. |
| 25 | Bent side. | … | 7 | 1 | by | 2 | 7 | 1 keyboard; 4 oct., G—D; black naturals; Rose No. 4; blackwood case with incrusted ivory; according to M. du Sommerard, Italian work. | Musée de l'Hotel de Cluny, Paris. Cat. 1875, No. 2825. | A. J. Hipkins. |
| 26 | Bent side, with oblong clavecin at- tached. |
… | 5 | 11 | by | 2 | 5½ | 2 keyboards; each 3¾ oct., E—C; black naturals; 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. | M. Snoeck, Renaix. | C. Meerens. |
| 27 | Bent side. | … | 5 | 11 | by | 2 | 7½ | 4½ oct., C—E; white naturals; superb paintings. | M. Snoeck, Renaix. | C. Meerens. |
| 28 | Bent side. | … | 6 | 0 | by | 2 | 7 | 1 original keyboard, 4½ oct., C—F; 5 keys added in treble; white naturals; 3 stops; Rose No. 2; painting of Orpheus playing a bass viol. | M. Régibo, Renaix. | A. Régibo |
| 29 | Bent side. | … | . . . . . . | 1 original keyboard; 4½ oct., C—F; 4 keys added in treble; Rose No. 3, cut in hard wood. | M. Régibo, Renaix. | A. Régibo. | ||||
III. Andries Ruckers de Oude (the Elder).
| 30 | Oblong. | 1613 | 3 | 8½ | by | 1 | 4½ | 1 keyboard; 4 oct., C—C; white naturals. Inscribed Andreas Ruckers me fecit Antverpiae, 1613. Belonged to the clavecinist and carilloneur, Matthias Vanden Gheyn, who put his mark upon it in 1740. | Musée du Conservatoire, Brussels. | V. Mahillon. |
| 31 | Bent side. | 1614 | 7 | 6 | by | 2 | 8 | 2 keyboards, not original; 4½ Oct., A—E; white naturals; buff leather, lute and octave stops; pedal, not original; case veneered last century. Inscribed as No. 30. Rose No. 6. Painting inside top attributed to Van der Meulen. | Colonel Hopkinson, London. | A. J. Hipkins. |
| 32 | Bent side. | 1615 | 4 | 0 | by | Inscribed Concordia res . parvae . crescunt . discordia . maximae . dilabuntur; was in the Collegiate Church of St. Jacques, Antwerp. | . . . . . . . . . | Léon de Burbure. p. 26. | ||
| 33 | Bent side. | 1618 | 7 | 4 | by | 2 | 10 | 4½ oct., C—F; white naturals. Inscribed Soli Deo Gloria. | M. Snoeck, Renaix. | C. Meerens. |
| 34 | Bent side. | 1619 | 8 | 10¼ | by | 2 | 10 | 2 keyboards; 5 oct., C—C; the lowest note 8ve. below cello C; belly gilt and diapered in Moorish style; painting of Orpheus outside. Inscribed as No. 30, with date. Rose No. 5. | M. Régibo, Renaix. | A. Régibo, |
| 35 | Bent side. | 1620 | 5 | 10 | by | 2 | 8 | 4 oct., C—F; white naturals; 4 stops. | M. Snoeck, Renaix. | C. Meerens. |
| 36 | Oblong. | 1620 | 4 | 1 | by | 1 | 3½ | 1 keyboard; 3¾ oct., E—C; white naturals. Inscribed as No. 30, and inside the top Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. | M. Alfred Campo, Brussels. | V. Mahillon. |
| 37 | Oblong. | 1623 | 5 | 7½ | by | 1 | 7½ | 1 keyboard; 4 oct., C—C; white naturals. Inscribed as No. 30, with date. | MM. Victor and Joseph Mahillon, Brussels. | V. Mahillon. |
| 38 | Bent side. | 1623 | 7 | 9 | by | 3 | 1 | 2 keyboards; 5 oct., F—F; white naturals; 3 stops; pedal not original; case veneered last century. Rose No. 6. | Dr. Hullah, London. | H. Holiday. |
| 39 | Bent side. | 1624 | 8 | 0 | by | 2 | 10 | 5 oct., F—F; 3 stops. Inscribed Musica Laetitiae Comes, Medicina Dolorum. | Musée Archéologique, Bruges. | V. Mahillon. |
| 40 | Oblong. | 1626 | 4 | 0 | by | 3 | 1½ | 1 keyboard: 3½ oct. and 2 notes; at least an 8ve added in the last century. Inscribed as No. 30, and inside top as No. 36. The stand a row of five balusters. | . . . . . . . . . . | E. Vander Straeten. |
| 41 | Oblong. | 1632 | 5 | 8 | by | 1 | 7½ | 1 original keyboard to right hand of front; 4½ oct., C—F; white naturals. Inscribed inside top Musica . magnorum . solamen . dulce . Laborum. Rose No. 6. | M. Régibo, Renaix. | A. Régibo. |
| 42 | Oblong. | 1633 | 2 | 1½ | by | 1 | 6 | 1 original keyboard to left hand of front; 4½ oct., C—F; white naturals. Inscribed Andreas Ruckers fecit Antverpiae. Hardwood jacks of double thickness; painting inside top. Rose No. 6. | M. Régibo, Renaix. | A. Régibo. |
| 43 | . . . . | 1634 | . . . . . . | Inscribed Andreas ruckebs Antverpiae. | In a village in Flanders. | E. Vander Straeten. | ||||
