-
instruments were
often modified by
French makers in a
process known as
ravalement, to
allow for an
extended range and
other additions. The
family probably...
- near-obsession with the
Ruckers harpsichords. In a
process called grand ravalement, many of the
surviving Ruckers instruments were
reworked and enlarged...
- to be by
Joannes Couchet still in existence, most of
which have had
ravalements, all
dating from
around 1650.
Three of his
seven children became harpsichord...
-
organs of this
period had
pedal ranges that went down to AA (though this
ravalement applied only to the reeds, and may have only
included the low AA, not...
- - 0.7 Burney. See Burney's History, Mercer's ed. Date 1809 mentioned.
Ravalement - 0.6 Burney.
French term.
Extending a
keyboard instrument to five octaves...
- a
harpsichord teacher. He
lived in Paris. He
dealt mainly in
Flemish ravalements of
Ruckers instruments, po****r in
France at the time; the adaptations...
- XIXe siècle
Central téléphonique «Provence» Hôtel Chéret ou
Akermann Ravalement des façades sur
cours et
reprise des pans de bois 30-32, rue du Fbg-Poissonnière...
- high prices. Like the
Goermans family, the
Blanchet family made many
ravalements (that is,
enlargements in
range and
other modern adaptations) of 17th-century...
-
common French practice,
pursued successfully by Blanchet, of
making ravalements of
Ruckers and
Couchet harpsichords,
which involved rebuilding the 17th...
-
Blanchet and Taskin,
including Ruckers harpsichords adapted by the
grand ravalement process. Dowd's
instruments have long
provided the
benchmark for reliability...
