Encore un disque de clavecin super, je ne connaissais pas Hélène Diot
https://youtu.be/7_f4NJU7vhg

#clavecin #harpsichord #Ruckers

#Harpsichord ca. 1650 by #JanCouchet the Elder, grandson of the famed Flemish keyboard maker Hans #Ruckers, carried on the Ruckers tradition, inheriting the workshop of Ruckers's eldest son in 1643.

This harpsichord originally had only one keyboard and one set each of unison and octave strings. In the 18thC the case was lengthened and a 2nd keyboard and a 2nd set of unison strings were added...
(notes: Benjamin Hebbert 2016)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503614

#Harpsichord by Andreas #Ruckers, Antwerp, Belgium, 1643
National #MusicMuseum https://www.nmmusd.org/visit-us
"High Strung: Five centuries of stringed keyboard instruments"
in the Jason & Betsy Groves Special Exhibition Gallery

"Flemish harpsichords were among the most celebrated in Europe during the 16th to 18th centuries. Multiple generations of the Ruckers family produced a high volume of instruments which were traded all over the world, including Peru.

#Tuesday #Morning #RuckRun in a #WashingtonDC park. Four miles carrying 30 pounds. My goal is to be able to consistently carry 50 pounds 10 miles without feeling like I'm going to die.

Photo taken with my phone. When I'm already carrying a backpack stuffed with 30 pounds of water weights, I'm not particularly interested in lugging around my camera gear.

Any fellow #Ruckers on #Mastodon? I love it. Simultaneously super relaxing AND pretty intense.

#CellPhonePhotography #Rucking #Hiking