Meaning & use
spinet
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A small, compact upright piano, or an early type of small harpsichord.
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Her grandmother's spinet sat in the corner of the parlor, slightly out of tune.
The museum displayed a seventeenth-century spinet alongside other early keyboard instruments.
A note on using this word
The name likely derives from the Italian instrument maker Giovanni Spinetti, though the exact origin is debated.
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