Octave Spinet

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Artist/Maker	Barber, Stephen (drawn by)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

This technical drawing by Stephen Barber is of the Ottavino Octave Spinet, in the V&A's collection (museum number 218-1870). Octave spinets were portable keyboard instruments, widely used in private homes in Italy throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to accompany singing. Technical drawings such as this would help in making replicas of historic musical instruments.

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Categories	Drawings Designs Musical Instruments
Object type	Drawing
Title	Octave Spinet
Materials and techniques	ink on tracing paper Ink Tracing Paper Drawing
Brief description	Technical drawing of octave spinet (musical instrument), Stephen Barber, Great Britain, 1981
Physical description	Measured, full-scale drawing of an octave spinet (portable keyboard instrument) in the V&A's collection.
Dimensions	Height: 85cm Width: 119.2cm
Production type	Design
Production	Attribution note: Technical drawing of historical musical instrument in the V&A's collection made for musical instrument makers to make replicas of such instruments.
Subject depicted	Spinets
Summary	This technical drawing by Stephen Barber is of the Ottavino Octave Spinet, in the V&A's collection (museum number 218-1870). Octave spinets were portable keyboard instruments, widely used in private homes in Italy throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to accompany singing. Technical drawings such as this would help in making replicas of historic musical instruments.
Associated object	218:1-1870 (Object)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.249-2009

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Record created	March 27, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O211382/octave-spinet-drawing-barber-stephen/

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