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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

Andrew Ruckers

harpsichord-maker

Biography

Andrew Ruckers was a son of the Antwerp harpsichord-maker Hans Ruckers. Together with his brother John, he assisted his father in introducing significant improvements to the harpsichord toward the seventeenth century, the period in which the family's reputation spread throughout France and Germany. The text provides no further individual biographical detail beyond this role in the family workshop.

Highlights

  • Son of Hans Ruckers of Antwerp
  • Assisted his father in improving the harpsichord toward the seventeenth century

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 15.

Public domain.

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