French, late seventeenth to late eighteenth century (original construction c. 1695; forged embellishment c. 1750; classical-period rebuild 1774)

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Records

Anonymous French maker, c. 1695; fraudulent Ruckers rose attributed to the workshop of Antoine Vater, c. 1750; ravalement by Pascal Taskin, 1774

Harpsichord, called the "Ruckers-Taskin"

c. 1695 (original construction); fraudulent Ruckers rose and signature added c. 1750; enlarged and rebuilt (ravalement) by Pascal Taskin, 1774 - Wood case and soundboard, painted or grained decoration, gilt-paper or parchment rose (the added, fraudulent rose), iron and brass strings, quill (later possibly leather) plectra, double manual

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