Spinet

Definition

spinet /spÇ'net; US 'spÇnǝt / n စႏၵရားပံု ေရွး ႀကိဳးတပ္တူရိယာ။

Examples

1. ‘Sarah was fond of music and played the spinet (a musical instrument like a small harpsichord).’
2. ‘I can practically see at the spinet my Aunt Ida sliding into ‘Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar.’’
3. ‘It will include harpists
4. a soprano soloist accompanied by the flute and spinet and music by Mozart as well as other lesser-known composers.’
5. ‘In the spinet
6. the strings run obliquely away from the player
7. producing a wing-shaped case
8. or a trapezoid case in smaller instruments.’
9. ‘Matteo Ricci had brought with him a spinet
10. other Jesuits brought violins and flutes
11. cellos and bassoons and manuals on music styles.’
12. ‘Two pictures feature color TV sets
13. and one couple poses in front of a spinet piano
14. a very rare object in a Chinese household.’
15. ‘According to her artist's statement
16. when she was a young girl
17. she demanded a piano; her parents bought a spinet piano for her
18. and her nursery school teacher gave her instruction.’
19. ‘Soon afterwards
20. they bought me a small spinet organ and arranged for me to take lessons.’
21. ‘Before recordings were available
22. people had to wait to hear wonderfully performed music; at home
23. people either went without or made their own
24. at parlor spinet pianos or on the porch with guitar and banjo.’
25. ‘These baby baby grands and tiny spinets produce three octaves from hammers hitting metal rods.’
26. ‘In the great central panel of the Agliardi triptych
27. a guitar lies strings-down on a spinet and knife and
28. with a bowl of fruit deposited on top of it
29. becomes an impromptu piece of furniture.’