Rectangular Octave Virginal

Unknown Artist

ca. 1600

Rectangular Octave Virginal by Unknown Artist

Medium

Ebony, beech, brass, leather, paper, parchment, ivory

Dimensions

Height: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm) Width (parallel to keyboard): 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm) Depth (perpendicular to keyboard): 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm)

Classification

Chordophone-Zither-plucked-virginal

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.1778

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