Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 278
)inets, writes me that he 252 Furniture of the Olden Time dates the Thomas Hitchcock spinets from 1664 to1703, and those of John Hitchcock, the son ofThomas, from 1676 to about 1715. Mr. Hipkinssays that the highest number he has met with uponThomas Hitchcocks spinets is 1547, so it is safe todate… … Illus. 217.—Thomas Hitchcock Spinet, about 1690. By the latter half of the eighteenth century pro-ficiency upon various musical instruments was notuncommon, John Adams in 1771 speaks of ayoung man of twenty-six, as a great proficient inmusic, plays upon the flute, fife, harpsichord, spinet,etc.; a…
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