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spin·et (sp

a. A small, compact upright piano.

b. A small, compact upright electronic organ.

2. A small harpsichord with a single keyboard.

[Obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta, perhaps diminutive of spna, thorn (presumably so called because the strings of the original instrument were plucked with quills); see spinel.]

spinet [spɪˈnɛt ˈspɪnɪt]

(Music / Instruments) a small type of harpsichord having one manual

[from Italian spinetta, perhaps from Giovanni Spinetti, 16th-century Italian maker of musical instruments and its supposed inventor]

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Noun	1.	spinet - a small and compactly built upright piano upright piano, upright - a piano with a vertical sounding board
	2.	spinet - early model harpsichord with only one string per note cembalo, harpsichord - a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots

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spinet [spɪˈnet] N → espineta f

spinet

→ Spinett nt

(US) → Kleinklavier nt

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cembalo Clarichord Dumb spinet harpsichord instrument Manichord upright upright piano	But this appeared extremely difficult: for the spinet was near sixty feet long, each key being almost a foot wide, so that with my arms extended I could not reach to above five keys, and to press them down required a good smart stroke with my fist, which would be too great a labour, and to no purpose. Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context I could not so readily come at playing on the harpsichord or spinet, because I had no instrument of my own to practice on, and could only come at theirs in the intervals when they left it, which was uncertain; but yet I learned tolerably well too, and the young ladies at length got two instruments, that is to say, a harpsichord and a spinet too, and then they taught me themselves. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context Cole, I really was ashamed to look at our new grand pianoforte in the drawingroom, while I do not know one note from another, and our little girls, who are but just beginning, perhaps may never make any thing of it; and there is poor Jane Fairfax, who is mistress of music, has not any thing of the nature of an instrument, not even the pitifullest old spinet in the world, to amuse herself with. Emma by Austen, Jane View in context	Spindletail Spindleworm spindling spindly spindrift spine spine-bashing spine-chiller spine-chilling Spine-finned Spine-tailed Spine-tailed swift spine-tingling spine-tipped Spineback Spinebill Spined spinel spinel ruby spineless spinelessly spinelessness spinelle Spinescence spinescent spinet Spinetail Spineted Spingarn Spini-spirulate spiniferous spinifex Spiniform Spinigerous Spininess Spink spinmeister spinnability spinnable spinnaker spinnbar spinnbarkeit spinner spinneret Spinnerule spinney spinning spinning frame Spinning gland Spinning house spinning jenny	Spinel rubies spinel ruby spinel ruby Spinel structure Spinel structure spineless spineless spineless spineless horsebrush Spineless Tagless G-Machine spinelessly spinelessly spinelessly spinelessness spinelessness spinelessness spinelle spinelle Spinello Aretino Spinello di Luca Spinelli Spinels Spinels Spines Spines Spines Spines Spines spinescence spinescent Spineshank spinet Spinetail spinetails Spineted Spineted spinets spinets Spinett Spinett Spiney Dogfish Spiney Dogfish SPINF Sping Sping Spingarn Spingarn, Joel Spingarn, Joel Elias SPINI Spini-spirulate Spinicaudata Spinich Spinich Spinich spinier spinier spinier spiniest spiniest spiniest Spiniferous spinifex

But this appeared extremely difficult: for the spinet was near sixty feet long, each key being almost a foot wide, so that with my arms extended I could not reach to above five keys, and to press them down required a good smart stroke with my fist, which would be too great a labour, and to no purpose.

Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context

I could not so readily come at playing on the harpsichord or spinet, because I had no instrument of my own to practice on, and could only come at theirs in the intervals when they left it, which was uncertain; but yet I learned tolerably well too, and the young ladies at length got two instruments, that is to say, a harpsichord and a spinet too, and then they taught me themselves.

The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context

Cole, I really was ashamed to look at our new grand pianoforte in the drawingroom, while I do not know one note from another, and our little girls, who are but just beginning, perhaps may never make any thing of it; and there is poor Jane Fairfax, who is mistress of music, has not any thing of the nature of an instrument, not even the pitifullest old spinet in the world, to amuse herself with.

Emma by Austen, Jane View in context

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