. International studio. llll II I I. SEEN IN A PAINTINGBY GERARD TERBORCH [Collection oi Mrs. Edwin A. Sbewan). The panels again were framed bybands of ivory studded withjewels; in all, nineteen hundredand twenty-eight precious andsemi-precious stones (includingpearls, emeralds, rubies, garnets,crystals, carnelians, jaspers, tur-quoises, amethysts, agates andtopazes) were employed tobeautify the small body, whichdid not exceed five feet in keys were of light and darkagate, bordered with ivory andlapis, and they were joyouslyflanked at both ends with ex-quisitely carved figurines. Al
. International studio. llll II I I. SEEN IN A PAINTINGBY GERARD TERBORCH [Collection oi Mrs. Edwin A. Sbewan). The panels again were framed bybands of ivory studded withjewels; in all, nineteen hundredand twenty-eight precious andsemi-precious stones (includingpearls, emeralds, rubies, garnets,crystals, carnelians, jaspers, tur-quoises, amethysts, agates andtopazes) were employed tobeautify the small body, whichdid not exceed five feet in keys were of light and darkagate, bordered with ivory andlapis, and they were joyouslyflanked at both ends with ex-quisitely carved figurines. Almost frivolous in the lightof this oriental splendor, ap-pears a contemporary instru-ment bearing the date 1579and the makers initials in acarved and gilded rose, adouble spinet by Hans (Jo-hannes) Ruckers of Antwerp,(now in Miss Skinners collec-tion) not only remarkable forits appearance and rarity, butfor its place as a milestone inthe progress of keyboard marks the advent of theoctave string on a small spinetof its own, called ottavino (orottavina) which can be takenfrom its berth to be played
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