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Spinet

A late 18th-century English spinet with a mitred tail. Compass: F1, G1 (without F#1) to f3, 60 notes. Owned by Sir Walter Parratt (1841–1924), organist and composer, and exhibited by him at the International Inventions Exhibition, London, in 1885.

  • Date:
    1780
  • Maker:
    Longman & Broderip [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Royal College of Music Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Inscriptions:Ink on the namebatten: "Longman and Broderip Musical Instrument Makers, \ No. 26 Cheapside London"
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum