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typically what is
meant is the
bentside spinet,
described in this section. For
other uses, see below. The
bentside spinet shares most of its characteristics...
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builder in the 17th century. He is
known as the
probable inventor of the
bentside spinet and for
having traveled unusually extensively to
practice his trade...
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until the high
Baroque period, when it was
eclipsed in
England by the
bentside spinet, and in Germany, by the clavichord.
Spinet virginals (not to be...
- than in the treble. Cristofori's
pianos use an
internal frame member (
bentside) to
support the soundboard; in
other words, the
structural member attaching...
- instruments.
Kottick mentions four
bentside spinets (1763, 1765, 1766, 1770), all with a
single 8' choir. A
colorful fifth bentside spinet signed "A.D. 1738" and...
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Bentside spinet by John Harris...
- 16-foot stop in his instruments. The 16-foot
bridge is seen
closest to the
bentside, on a separate,
slightly raised section of soundboard. To its left are...
- are
published posthumously as
Artis Analyticae Praxis.
Earliest known bentside spinet, made by
Hieronymus de Zentis. approx. date
William Ball, English...
- instrument. In a
normal harpsichord, the far ends of the
strings pull on the
bentside (the long, curved,
slanting side of the case, at the player's right). For...
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There are two
bentside spinets. One, by John Han****, London, is of late
eighteenth century origin, with a
single curve to the
bentside. The
other is...
