. International studio. \ spinet, 111 n<j;11more asserting thanthe clavichord, lackedthe latters response tovaried modulation. Itinherited its temper-ament from tin lute,its province of har-monies, its instinct forsustaining or relaxingtone; and this rela-tionship procured thespinet the same publicsentiment long en-joyed by the indis-pensable lute. The the spinets of madameor monsieur indicatethat these instrumentswere carried from roomto room and hkek Ironichateau to chateau. InEngland under HenrjVIII tliere seems to havebeen little need for dis-placement, as in thiskingdom of amp
. International studio. \ spinet, 111 n<j;11more asserting thanthe clavichord, lackedthe latters response tovaried modulation. Itinherited its temper-ament from tin lute,its province of har-monies, its instinct forsustaining or relaxingtone; and this rela-tionship procured thespinet the same publicsentiment long en-joyed by the indis-pensable lute. The the spinets of madameor monsieur indicatethat these instrumentswere carried from roomto room and hkek Ironichateau to chateau. InEngland under HenrjVIII tliere seems to havebeen little need for dis-placement, as in thiskingdom of amplitudethere were instrumentsfor nearly every room inevery castle and fornearly every virginal that oncebelonged to Queen Eliza-beth was described in a catalogue of the SouthKensington exhibition of 1874 as being in anexcellent state of preservation, which wouldindicate that it had enjoyed a sedentary existence,and justify the assumption that the music lovingQueen was equipped with a different virginal. THE PERSIAN SA. I II:.OKILN I \l PHOTOTYPEOF THE DULCIMER spinet and the lute are linked in a delightful and most informative passage taken from Contens, a play by Odet de Tournebu which had its Paris premiere in 1584. Monsieur, goes the advice of the benevolent Francoise, you do well indeed wherever she made her appearand to love Genevieve, because apart from the fact The virginals then were lull grown spinets that she loves none but you, and that your reflec- with an average compass of from four to five tion never leaves her heart and her eyes, she has octaves and capable of rendering the contents of many good qualities which make her as lovable the interesting volume of music published in as any girl in France. She is a good Catholic, rich, and a good housekeeper. She speaks well, writes like an angel, she plays onthe lute, on the spinet,sings her part with as-surance and knows howto dance and lead as wellas a born Parisian. The comparative mo-bility of the spinet g
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