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Definition of Spinets

Spinet
Spinet Spi"net, n. [L. spinetum. See Spinny.] A spinny. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Spinets from wikipedia

- 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 M series of spinets also had waterfall keys (which has subsequently made them ideal for spares on B-3s and C-3s), but later spinet models had "diving...
- the instruments more compact: Portable Folding harpsichord Orphica Spinets Oval spinet Square Square piano Virginals Uprights Clavicytherium Upright pianos...
- Cawton Aston (active 1693 – 1733) was an English builder of spinets. He was the seventh and last apprentice of instrument builder John Player (1636 -...
- in opposite-facing pairs within the larger gaps between strings. Most spinets are smaller than regular harpsichords. The spinettone was very long, but...