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Octave spinet (octavina)
Octave spinet (octavina)

Octave spinet (octavina)

Chickering & Sons, under the direction of Arnold Dolmetsch (American)
1909
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueWood
DimensionsOverall (Case): 80 x 40 x 25 cm (31 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Other (Stand): 70 x 80 x 40 cm (27 9/16 x 31 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Possidente
Accession number2017.4466
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceJuly 22, 1909, sold by Chickering and Sons Piano Company to Spencer Borden, Fall River, Massachusetts; 1936, by inheritance to Lorna Trafford Owen; 1962, gift of Owen to her niece, Elizabeth M. Possidente, Stony Creek, CT; 2017, gift of Possidente to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)
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