The New Grove musical instruments

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Early Keyboard Instruments

by Edwin M. Ripin, H. Schott, J. Barnes, G. O'Brien, W. L. Dowd, D. Wraight, and R. Ifine

Published 17 September 1989

This is a guide to the construction, history and repertory of early keyboard instruments: the clavichord, harpsichord, spinet and virginal. The accompanying diagrams and illustrations show details of the instruments' construction as well as the decorative nature of their cases.