Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 278
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.;… … Illus. 218. — Broadwood Harpsichord, 1789. Musical Instruments ^55 jment of John Harris, recently from England, thathe makes and sells all sorts of Harpsichords andSpinets, and in 1769 the Bos/on Gazelle says, Afew days since was shipped for Newport a verycurious Spinet, being the first one ever…
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