Price
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John Morley Virginal in walnut with decorative soundboard rose, Italian style with polygonal case inner/outer case of American Walnut, set on three turned and fluted legs, Latin lettered inside lid "Saltatur me canente" "There is dancing when I sing". Wooden jacks with delrin plectra and strung in brass and iron. (B)
4 octave C to D.
No.3147 circa 2009.
Made in London, England.
The Italian Virginals were frequently made with separate inner and outer cases hence the term "a pair of virginals" and date back to the 16th century.
This instrument has a solid sound and a rather reedy treble. Perfect for Elizabethan music through to the 18th century, small in size but large in sound and tone.
Developed from an Italian mid 17th century virginal in the instrument collection of the Charlottenburg museum, Berlin.
Dimensions
145.00cm wide 82.00cm high 60.00cm deepStock number
M3147The BADA Standard
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