Ruckers mother-and-child virginal, instrument of the month, July 2020 

It was made in 2002

@@blackartlabs76. I said the technology, not the date of manufacture.

@@blackartlabs76 It's a copy of an original from the 16th century. And the video clearly says this one was made in 1999.

​@blackartla2002 is 'times past'.

It's not a harpsichord, it's a clavicord

@@justspectator9963 I know that. The title says virginal, not harpsichord or clavichord

A virginal is a small string keyboard instrument that plucks the strings like a harpsichord. I never saw one but I heard plenty on recordings. I took music history in college. I would love to build one of these instruments. I tuned a double manual for my college piano teacher. She was good to me when I was on academic suspension. I only found out I was dyslexic in my jr year in college. So failing academically was not new to me. Enough of my early college years. I did go into electronics with help from an educational psychologist who tested me for dyslexia. Shame on my highschool for not knowing the signs. I took the same test in Grammer school. 73

@@justspectator9963 It's not a clavicord, clavichords strike the strings whereas harpsichords pluck the strings, a virginal is simply a small/compact harpsichord

A USUAL harpsichord might become jealous but not a Ruckers one. ;-)

Yeah, I love those too

They probably sound closer to a guitar, don't they?

Why i live i this world....?.....i dont anderstand,how this world works.....😢....

​@@puulanetohtlane6149It works by checking your spelling

that's because it's out of tune... it would just sound like a virginal with a 4'.

@@gambe96 Bandoneons usually have an 8' & 4' rank of reeds so this virginal works great for Tango music.

Me too, but then when they played the larger one and the smaller one played itself at the same time I died

There are. Look for a baroque period music school most major universities have a music department. Lots of sources on the Internet. 73

Harpsichord, definitely.

It's "coupled" with the lower keyboard. When the jack rail is removed @ 0:44 you can see the "jacks", the things that pluck the strings. When the "child" is placed on top of these jacks, the bottom of the child keyboard has openings so when the jacks from the "mother" rise up when the mother keys are pressed, the mother jacks also push up the "child" keys, and also the jacks. This is difficult to visualize if you don't know the harpsichord mechanism for double keyboards, but you can Google it and see diagrams. Sadly, none exist for Mother-and-Child virginals.

@@hori166 because you have not made the diagram yet 😉

Tis sovrcery!!

@@hori166 They're working on it. They should have an extended range version & also versions with more keys as well as the 8 ft etc. I'd love to add a pickup to mine so I can play through an amp.

@@RockStarOscarStern634 .....aren’t there microphones such as a guitar uses which could sit on the sound board for amplification?

it sounds great i think there may be something wrong with you

@@doggodoggo3000 Ick, it's the aural equivalent of the "dust burning off the radiator" smell.

@@bendriscoll6631 that's a funny response but I disagree.

​@@bendriscoll6631I bet you like Death Metal more.

@@bluesky6361 I detest that too. But I am partial to sinister hurdy-gurdy, which occupies a bit of a middle ground between Baroque and Death Metal.