She continued her graceless thumping on the spinet. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
A spinet or harpsichord, Sharpe was not sure which. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Prey]
Or carolling to her spinet with its thin metallic trills. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
Or carolling to her spinet with its thin metallic thrills. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
The piano. t For some reason her mind focused on the spinet. From Wordnik.com. [Wyoming Territory]
A harpsichord was nothing but a very large and powerful spinet. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
"And how in the world did it get in the spinet?" asked Miss Betty. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
He heard a girl's voice distinct above the trilling of the spinet. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Regiment]
The spinet expanded into the harpsichord, the leading instrument from. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
"I don't think I've ever heard that played on a spinet," he told her. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
So it was that the spinet did not long keep company with the portrait of. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
There are interesting old books on the virginals, harpsichord, and spinet. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
The memories of Mum playing her spinet in a room you could never have owned!. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
After dinner, Swift insisted Betsy Patrick play a few selections on her spinet. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
A zebra-striped spinet piano sits in the angle, dividing the bar from the lounge. From Wordnik.com. [You Live Once]
The tone was sweeter than the old spinet, or the harpsichord owned by Squire Hartrandt. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Belle-bouche quite simply rose, and going to the spinet, sat down and played the prelude. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
The spinet, the Persian carpets, the Louis Quinze sofa and chairs, the Regency escritoire. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Carline, in his dancing shoes and with one hand on the spinet, seemed incapable of speaking. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Regiment]
In a corner of the room there stood a little spinet, which not one of them had noticed before. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Soil] Reference
Miss Betty said it might as well have been left in the spinet, for all the good it did any one. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
Celia is to have the spinet, and Allan that beautiful old ring, if ever it comes to light again. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
The doors to the music room had been opened, and someone was playing the spinet in the background. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion's Lady]
Later he turned pages for Honor while she played the spinet, and fetched her tea when she was finished. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
She wanted to know about the purchaser of the spinet, but Morgan seemed inclined to evade her questions. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
The spinet had been in the family for a number of years and very proud had the Schuyler girls been of it. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Two hundred dollars would be a great help toward Tom's expenses, but to give up her grandmother's spinet?. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
When I was a girl my grandfather had a spinet, the only one for miles around, and it was taken great care of. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
The spinet was an interesting heirloom, no doubt, but would not help Celia solve the problem of bread and butter. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
But I admit that the opposite view of forte and piano, contrived by registers of spinet-jacks, is equally tenable. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
York, may see such a spinet as Mrs. Washington, Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Hamilton played upon when they were little girls. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
To him the greatest joy of existence was to steal away to his garret next the sky and whisper his secrets to the friendly spinet. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
By placing cloth upon the strings he so deadened the wires that no one downstairs could hear the tones when the spinet was played. From Wordnik.com. [Music Talks with Children] Reference
Half an hour later she was standing by the spinet, absently touching the tuneless keys, when a voice from the window startled her. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
The rhythms her dad had pounded out on this very spinet seemed to be embedded in it still — or maybe they were just in her memory. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
She seemed to have a natural talent for music, and many an hour she spent at the old spinet drawing tender tones from the yellowed keys. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
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