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21Symphonie — (v. gr.), 1) jede wohlklingende Zusammenstimmung, vgl. Diaphonie; 2) so v.w. Sinfonie, s.d.; 3) alte Benennung des Clavecins u. Spinets …
22spinet — /spin it/, n. 1. a small upright piano. 2. a small, square piano. 3. any of various small harpsichords. 4. Also called spinet organ. a small electric organ. [1655 65; aph. var. of obs. espinette < F < It spinetta, prob. equiv. to spin(a) thorn… …
23upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Cf. spinet (def. 1). * * * ▪ musical instrument musical instrument in which the soundboard and plane of the strings run vertically, perpendicular to the keyboard,… …
24Cristofori, Bartolomeo — born May 4, 1655, Padua, Republic of Venice died Jan. 27, 1731, Florence Italian maker of musical instruments. As custodian of musical instruments at the court of Prince Ferdinand de Medici, he maintained a variety of instruments. His most famous …
25Silbermann, Gottfried — ▪ German instrument manufacturer born Jan. 14, 1683, Kleinbobritzsch, Saxony [now in Germany] died Aug. 4, 1753, Dresden outstanding German builder of keyboard instruments and member of an important family of musical instrument makers.… …
26Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg — Coordinates: 53°33′04″N 10°00′34″E / 53.551111°N 10.009444°E / 53.551111; 10.009444 …
