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Spinet

Spinet

(English, about 1640–1712)
1700
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueWalnut
DimensionsLength 162.4 cm, width 60 cm, case height 17.3 cm (Length 63 15/16 in., width 23 5/8 in., case height 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession number32.252
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsIn ink (so faint as to be nearly illegible) on the nameboard: STEPHANUS KEENE LONDINI FECIT; in ink on the d''' key lever: EB / 1700
Provenance1932, gift of Charles Hitchcock Tyler, Boston, Massachusetts, to the MFA (Accession Date: September 1, 1932)
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