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Title
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Spinet
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Alternative Title
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Tannenberg Spinet
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Creator
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Tannenberg, David, 1728-1804
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Publisher
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Bethlehem Digital History Project
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Date
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c. 1790
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Type
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Still image
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Format
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image/jpeg
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Description
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The bentside spinet was a favorite domestic keyboard instrument in the 1700s since it takes up less room than the harpsichord, is less complicated to maintain, and produces a powerful tone. David Tannenberg, renowned Moravian organ builder of Lititz, Pennsylvania, established his reputation building clavichords and pipe organs. This instrument shows that he was also capable of producing plucked-string instruments.
Construction materials include mahogany and coniferous wood. From the collection of the Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
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Subject
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Piano
Piano--History--18th century
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Identifier
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MHS 2021.001.001
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Place
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Lititz, Pennsylvania
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Nazareth, Pennsylvania
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Rights Holder
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Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Spinet