4-octave Neapolitan-style harpsichords

New 5-octave 'Mozart' harpsichords

• My interest in the Neapolitan school

• General background information

• Choice of a Neapolitan harpsichord as model

• The stringing design and soundboard layout

• General background

• The specification

• Characteristics of Neapolitan harpsichords

• The use of the Neapolitan oncia

• The design of a prototype

• The drawing and design

• Construction of 4 harpsichords

• The case construction

• Their particular features

• The soundboard rosettes

• The decoration of these instruments

• Keyboards, jacks and quilling

• Neapolitan-style instruments for sale

• Some special features

• Seminar on the construction of these harpsichords

• The decoration

• Four-harpsichord concert

• 13 steps to a revolutionary new method of constructing harpsichords!!

Seminars

Instruments built in the past

• Harpsichord-building seminar

• Ruckers 'French' harpsichords

• Seminario per cembalari

• Ruckers spinett virginals

Concert in Fredensborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark

Personal Details

• Concert

• Biography and CV

• Publications

• Former curator, Russell Collection

• Franco-Flemish harpsichord

• Former Reader in Music, University of Edinburgh

• Italian Neapolitan harpsichord

Amazing colleagues

• A tribute to Rhodes and Thomas

• Contact addresses

• A tribute to John Barnes

• Consultations

• Restorations

• Owner's guidelines to the care of historical keyboard instruments

• Grand Concert

• Ruckers papers available for sale

• Gran Concerto

• Drawings of harpsichords, virginals and stands available for sale