Clavicytherium or upright spinnet formely owned by Count Correr of Venice. Probably of Italian or German manufacture from circa 1500. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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