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- CollectionKeyboard instruments
- Inventory number1597
- TitleRectangular muselar virginal
- CreatorRuckers, Andreas (I)
- DateAD 1620
- DimensionsH x La x P: 26 cm, 173,8 cm, 49,5 cm
- LocationOn display
- DepositoryMusée des Instruments de Musique / Muziekinstrumentenmuseum
- OwnerMusées royaux d'art et d'histoire / Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis
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Object nameVirginalClassification314.122-6-8 Box zithers, sounded by plectrum, with keyboardMusical instruments > Classification Hornbostel-Sachs (MIMO) > 3 Chordophones > 31 Simple chordophones or zithers > 314 Board zithers > 314.1 True board zithers > 314.12 True board zithers with resonator > 314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)GeographyPlace of production:AntwerpGeographical Reference > Europe > Western Europe > Benelux > Belgium > Flanders > Antwerp (province)
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Muselar virginal on 6 legs, bearing the serial number 6/27, built by Andreas Ruckers in 1620. Its refurbishment was probably completed by the end of the seventeenth century. Restored in 1847 by Bruno Martens, in 1885 by Frans de Vestibule, in 1936–1937 by Siméon Moisse and in 1982 by Kurt and Susanne Wittmayer.