Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 280
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… … lllus. 218. — Broadwood Harpsichord, 1789. Musical Instruments 255 inent of John Harris, recently from England, thathe makes and sells all sorts of Harpsichords andSpinets, and in 1769 the Boston Gazette says, Afew days since was shipped for Newport a verycurious Spinet, being the first one ever…
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