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Contents
- Conventions and definitions
- Introduction
- 1. Ruckers family history and the Guild of St Luke
- 2. The pre-Ruckers instruments and traditions
- 3. The types of instrument built by the Ruckers, and the Ruckers numbering system
- 4. The stringing and pitches of Ruckers instruments
- 5. The construction of virginals
- 6. Construction of Ruckers harpsichords
- 7. The decoration of Ruckers instruments
- 8. The determination of the original compass, disposition and pitch of Ruckers harpsichords
- 9. Trademarks of Ruckers instruments
- 10. The influence of the Ruckers/Couchet tradition on later harpsichord building practice
- 11. The Ravalement of Ruckers and Couchet clavecimbels
- 12. Ruckers clavecimbels and music
- Catalogue of Ruckers instruments
- Appendices.