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Virginal.

Technical description: Enharmonic rectangular Italian virginal. Integral case construction. Compass 57notes C₂/E₂ - F₆ [C/E - f''']. Broken octave. Five split accidentals: in the middle octaves the E♭ keys have a D♯ at the back and the G♯ keys have an A♭ at the back. One set of 8-ft strings. String scaling (plucking points):, F₆ 123 (73), C₆ 154 (66), F₅ 254 (77), C₅ 339 (93), F₄ 499 (127), C₄ 660 (169), F₃ 943 (236), C₃ 1167 (292), F₂ 1385 (280). C₂/E₂ 1427 (75). Repair History: The lid painting is not original. Restored by Malcolm Rose in 1981.

  • Date:
    Circa 1620
  • Maker:
    Attributed to Francesco Poggio
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Florence/Firenze/Tuscany/Italy
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1577