Spinet
[spɪ'net;'spɪnɪt] or [ˈspɪnɪt]
Definition
(noun.) early model harpsichord with only one string per note.
(noun.) a small and compactly built upright piano.
Typed by Keller--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
(n.) A spinny.
Checked by Debs
Definition
n. (mus.) an old-fashioned keyed instrument like the harpsichord.
Checker: Ophelia
Examples
- Before the spinet a bench was placed, about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The ancient Italian cembello was another spinet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I had learned in my youth to play a little upon the spinet. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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