- a
regular harpsichord. Thus
spinets normally had a
slightly different tone quality, with
fewer higher harmonics.
Spinets also had
smaller soundboards...
- The oval
spinet was
unusual for its shape, the
arrangement of its strings, and for its
mechanism for
changing registration. The two oval
spinets built by...
- configuration,
greater capabilities, and
better performance compared to
spinets,
console organs are
especially suitable for use in
small churches, public...
- in
England by the
bentside spinet, and in Germany, by the clavichord.
Spinet virginals (not to be
confused with the
spinet) were made prin****lly in Italy...
- A
spinet desk is an
antique desk with an
exterior shape similar to a
writing table, but
slightly higher and is ****ed with a
single drawer under the whole...
- that we call
triangle today; rather, it was a name for octave-pitched
spinets,
which were
triangular in shape. A
clavicytherium is a
harpsichord with...
- the
instruments more compact:
Portable Folding harpsichord Orphica Spinets Oval
spinet Square Square piano Virginals Uprights Clavicytherium Upright pianos...
- in opposite-facing
pairs within the
larger gaps
between strings. Most
spinets are
smaller than
regular harpsichords. The
spinettone was very long, but...
-
Cawton Aston (active 1693 – 1733) was an
English builder of
spinets. He was the
seventh and last
apprentice of
instrument builder John
Player (1636 -...
- Self-Portrait at a
Spinet is an oil-on-canvas
painting by the
Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola, from c. 1555. It is held in the
National Museum of Capodimonte...
