Rectangular Octave #Virginal (German c1600)
#MetMuseum of Art on view in Gallery 681
...for a lady’s parlor, serving as sewing box and as inst for casual music making... ebony casketlike case in the style of SamuelBiedermann the Elder, probably made in Augsburg1600, dec w engravings by H.S.Beham and C.vandePasse... Sounding an octave above normal pitch, not intended for serious music-making, the 3 octave kybd compass of approx covers the range of women’s & children’s vc
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