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VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 117 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS  , a name applied in See also:England, and also recognized on the See also:continent of See also:Europe, to the See also:spinet, and more especially to the small pentagonal and to the rectangular See also:models . The word See also:virginal, bestowed because it was pre-eminently the See also:instrument for girls, denotes before all a See also:keyboard instrument, having for each See also:note one See also:string only, plucked by means of a See also:quill attached to a See also:jack.' The See also:fine instrument in the See also:Victoria and See also:Albert Museum, known as See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's virginal, is an See also:Italian pentagonal spinet, elaborately emblazoned with the coat of arms of the queen, and having a See also:compass of just over four octaves . See also:King See also:Henry VIII. and his daughters, Queen See also:Mary and Queen Elizabeth, were all accomplished performers on the virginal . (K .

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