Download or read book Early Keyboard Instruments written by E. Ripin and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1989-10-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to the construction, history and repertory of early keyboard instruments: the clavichord, harpsichord, spinet and virginal. The accompanying diagrams and illustrations show details of the instruments' construction as well as the decorative nature of their cases.