Polygonal virginal

Alternate name(s)

Arpicordo

Date1540 ca.

Place MadeSicily, Italy, Europe

Descriptionpolygonal case of cypress, the keyboard of boxwood and stained boxwood (sharps)
Dimensionslength 1445 mm
ProvenanceOwned by Colin C. Sterne (11/21/1921-7/23/2008), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who taught music at the University of Pittsburgh 1948-1986. According to information available at the Skinner Auction, Sterne sold it to Richard W. and Jeannine E. Abel, Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1986.
Published ReferencesArticle: Kyle MacMillan, "State of Being: Restoration or Conservation?," Early Music America 30, No. 3 (September 2024), p. 23. (image and text)

NMM catalog: _As Good as Gold: The First 50 Years (1973-2023)_. Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2023. (pp. 79-80, 90-91)

Credit LineJohn Fowler Fund, in memory of Margaret Kimmel Fowler, 2021

Object number15652

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