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Virginal.
Technical description: Rectangular English virginal with coffered lid. Compass 57notes, F₁,G₁ - D₆ [FF,GG - d''']. One set of 8-ft strings. Unusually, the instrument has four decorative parchment roses. The natural keys are of snakewood with gilt embossed fronts; the accidentals of ivory. String lengths (plucking points): D₆ 132 (52), C₆ 151« (54), F₅ 215 (47), C₅ 287 (61), F₄ 395 (60), C₄ 535 (71), F₃ 731 (69), C₃ 913 (85), F₂ 1142 (90), C₂ 1361 (121), F₁ 1624 (153). Repair History: Repaired by Leslie Ward, 1950; later work by John Barnes.
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1668 - Maker:
Keene, Stephen [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither) sounded by plectrum, with keyboard
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1830
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14879