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Double-manual spinet.
Technical description: Double manual bentside spinet. Inner-outer case construction. Compass 50notes, G₁/B₁ - C₆ [GG/BB - c''']. 2 sets of strings, 1 × 8-ft (lower manual), 1 × 4-ft (upper manual). Inner case of walnut with a soundboard of pine. Repair History: Jacks replacements, probably by Morley. Originally with dog-leg jacks, the keyboards could be coupled by sliding. The carved, silvered stand is not original. Restored by Hugh Gough before 1962.
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Circa 1680 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Probably Italy, or possibly southern France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122-6-8
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122-6-8
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1650
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14993