The Complete List/ Virginals & Spinets

#3289 NM Sold
Neupert bentside spinet "Silbermann" model. C-f''' with a split lute stop. A compact instrument at 4" 2", weight about 77 lbs. Includes matching bench. Recent professional maintenance; in very nice condition; price includes shipping. $1500

#3211 NY Sold
Dolmetsch spinet, circa 1948, 1 x 8', buff, BB-f''' 55 notes non transposing. Mint condition cherry case. Owned and cared for by a professional musician. Very nice for an apartment space / at home music making. In Manhattan. $2000

#3281 MT
Virginal by Alec Hodsdon, 1957, C - e''', 53 notes. Reverse keyboard of ebony and fruitwood; wooden jacks with leather plectra, strung in brass throughout. Can be requilled / revoiced in Delrin for an additional charge. $2000

#3051 OH (shown above) Audio: Sold
Ottavino Virginal / Spinet built by William Post Ross, Circa 1970. C - d''' 51 notes. A small and easily portable (27 lbs.) instrument.  two lowest accidentals can be re-tuned to a short octave.Tuned to 4’ pitch (i.e. one octave higher than unison) at either A=440 or 415. Bone / rosewood keyboard with Intricately hand-carved key end blocks. Rebuilt by Philip M. Cucchiara. Re-voiced in Delrin quill with new Herz Jacks; leather covered register & lower guide; and completely re-strung. In perfect playing condition. Includes stand; music desk; a hand-made tuning hammer and tools, Seiko Quartz Chromatic Tuner. $2,900.

#3293 PA
Virginal by Robert Goble, London, 1970. GG-f’’’ without the low GG#. Opus 475 ; English Walnut veneer, arcaded keys with ebony naturals and plastic sharps, on walnut stand; plastic quills. Just tuned (Nov. 2011) and adjusted and in excellent playing condition. Includes tuning wrench, extra quill material (delrin), open ended wrench, bolts, string size scale chart, key to lock for keyboard. $3500

#3012 HCH Sale pending
Spinettino by Arnold Dolmetsch,1930. C - c''' 49 notes. Currently tuned to quint pitch. Nicely detailed in mahogany with pearwood arcades on the keyfronts; completely removable from the handsome outer case. $3500

#3039 CAN (shown above)
Italian Virginal professionally made from Zuckermann kit in 1977 by Laurent Fouilland. 1 x 8'; 54 notes BB/GG to e"'. This design after an instrument circa 1609. Instrument is in excellent condition with a nice faux-marble finish in blue paint with gold banding. Mechanical condition and sound are excellent. Includes matching bench, music stand and some extra strings. Instrument presently located in Montreal, Canada. $3500 USD

#3253 HCH
Ottavino by F. Jacob Kaeser, 2011 after Ioannes Carcassi, 1698; 4 octaves C - c''', 1x4’. Naturals in casein, sharps in walnut. Walnut case painted light green, papered interior; wooden jacks with celcon quill; 30 inches long. From a fine professional builder. Full sound, includes audio out port for further amplification $4200

#2983 NY (shown above)
Zuckermann Italian virginal by Glenn Giuttari. 1X8', 54 notes, BB-e''' Can also be tuned in short octave GG/BB-e'''. Dark red case with gold bands and moldings, A professionally built virginal from our shop. Dimensions 17" x 64" $4200

#2919 CA (shown above)
Spinet harpsichord by Arnold Dolmetsch 1918, Haslemere, England. Five octave FF-f"' at 8' pitch. Restoration by Bjarne Dahl, 1990, included case, action parts, and new stringing. Voiced in Delrin. Case painted green with red interior. Single 8' and buff. In ink on the nameboard back: "Fini a Haslemere le 12 Fevrier 1918" $4600

#2621 UK (shown above)
Virginal by Stephen Wessel, 1981, after the Queen Elizabeth virginal in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 50 note keyboard, BB-c''', ebony with ivory-capped maple sharps. Non-transposing but has been tuned to both A415 and A440. Very attractive craftsman-built instrument with lovely tone and fine detailing. With velvet-lined leather-covered travel case and demountable stand; easily portable and used in recent times for public concerts. Lack of space now forces original owner to sell. Located Warwick, England. $5750 $4750 or sterling equivalent.

#3004 HCH (shown above) AUDIO
Hugh Gough spinet,  61 notes FF-f"' with crescendo stop and buff from pedals.  Built in 1951, our rebuilding (2010) is just completed with quilling in leather. Wooden jacks, painted soundboard. A compact spinet from the hand of Hugh Gough & HCH. $6,200.

#3257 HCH
French Spinet by Bizzi, Italy 2002. FF-f"', 61 notes, transposing, with buff stop. Natural mahogany case with gold banding. Latin motto "Musica Laetitiae Comes Medicina Dolorum" on lid, includes matching bench, padded cover and tool bag. $6500

#2130 UK (shown above)
English Bentside Spinet.61 note GG-g"' spinet by John Morley (London) ca 1965. Walnut finish with keyboard of ebony with bone capped sharps. Nylon jacks with leather plectra. In Worthing, England. £6500

#3303 HCH
Virginal by Lynette Tsiang, 1976 GG/BB - c''' with split keys for the "broken" short octave. A very pretty instrument by this Boston professional builder, restrung and reregulated in our shop. Cherry case and stand with nicely carved keyboard end scrolls, fine parchment rose and moldings with ebony inlay; wooden jacks; includes music rack and soft fabric cover. $6800

#3049 HCH (shown above)
English bentside spinet by Robert Goble, London, 1955; 1 x 8', buff and halfstop pedals; FF - f''' 61 notes. A handsome spinet from the Goble workshops, with a full five octaves. Useful as a solo instrument or in consort. This instrument is undergoing a full restoration, requilling and regulation in our shop. $6,900

#2799 NY (shown above)
Italian Virginal by William Post Ross. 53 notes, GG,AA - c''' transposing without the bottom GG#. This is a true inner instrument with separate outer case. Hand carved details, paneled outer case. Ross designed the original Zuckermann Italian virginal. Reworked by Willard Martin, owned and maintained by a professional musician, instruments from this fine builder are rarely available. $7500

#3069 CAN (shown above) AUDIO
Virginal by Cornelis Bom, Nieuwolda, Holland, 2004. A fine solo or ensemble instrument based on historical examples. GG/BB - d''' 52 notes tuned to A440. The range of timbres from the bass through the middle and up to the treble gives the impression of different voices in consort, from a powerful bottom to a reedy and articulate top. 152 cm / 60 " X 41 cm / 16" X 20 cm / 8". Full decoration includes painted arabesques and faux maple banding, elaborate turned stand. Further construction details can be faxed to inquiring client. Located in Calgary, Alberta. $8000 US

#3201 CA
English bentside spinet after 18th cent. Hitchcock models, Op. 88, 2003 by Peter Redstone. 61 notes, GG-g''', with buff stop; transposing 415/440 (no loss of bottom or top notes). Rosewood veneer throughout, soundboard deco by Kathryn Redstone, handsome brass hardware, turned stand; historical tuning pins, voiced in Celcon; keyboard of bone and ebony; original owner $9000

# HCH (shown above)
Bentside Spinet by Klop - BB-f"' with split buff stop, this elegant spinet has a full and carrying sound and excellent action. Case is of cherry or oak with keyboard of black stained naturals and cherry sharps. Two month special order. $9,900

#2477 MA (shown above)
Muselar Virginal by D. Jacques Way, 1980.  45 notes, C/E-c”’. Wooden jacks with delrin quilling. Painted board and full Flemish decoration. Used professionally extensively including two CD's with the early music group Renaissonics. Complimentary CD's are available to the purchaser. Available in May of 2006. $10,500. AUDIO

#3212 HCH
Hubbard / Broekman English bentside spinet, 1979. 60 notes FF - f''' without the low FF#, non transposing. Walnut veneer case with burl panels and holly stringing, reverse keyboard of ebony and fruitwood, handsome brass hardware throughout. A very well cared for instrument from the Hubbard shop. Includes toolkit. $14,000

2578 VA(shown above)
Muselar after Couchet by Yves Beaupre 2003. 47 notes C/E - c''' with split keys for the short octave and arpicordium device. Keyboard bone natural, black ebony sharps. Pear wood jacks. Stand 4 turned legs with upper and lower belt all around the case. Soundboard painting and Flemish papers in the style of Couchet. Accessory kit: Spare wires, plectra, tuning hammer, spare felt, wooden block, padded cover. A very pretty instrument by a professional builder in like new  condition. $16,000 / offer