earlymusicTORectangular Octave Virginal | probably German ca.1600
The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Not on view]
This octave #virginal is in polygonal form, once part of a #claviorganum (combined organ-spinet). It is called an "octave" #spinet because its short strings sound an octave or more above normal pitch... Case of walnut or chestnut and lime; compass c/e-a3, bone naturals with thin wooden key fronts carved in a trefoil design, accidentals of dark-stained fruitwood...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504474
The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Not on view]
This octave #virginal is in polygonal form, once part of a #claviorganum (combined organ-spinet). It is called an "octave" #spinet because its short strings sound an octave or more above normal pitch... Case of walnut or chestnut and lime; compass c/e-a3, bone naturals with thin wooden key fronts carved in a trefoil design, accidentals of dark-stained fruitwood...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504474
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