Sander Ruys

Sander Ruys (b. 1958, Amsterdam) is a Dutch clavichord maker based in Friesland, administrator and board member of Nederlands Clavichord Genootschap ("Clavichord International") society. He studied piano at Fontys in Tilburg and Conservatorium van Amsterdam, graduating in 1982. Ruys began making instruments in 1990 and has specialized in clavichords since 1998, particularly period builds in the style of Christian Gottlob Hubert (1714—1793), Johann Heinrich Silbermann (1727—1799), Philip Jacob Specken (1683—1762), and other renowned makers. He also restores and maintains other types of keyboard instruments, such as harpsichords and table pianos.