spinet

Example Sentences

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What he did bring with him was a spinet piano that he set up in the living room and an acoustic guitar that usually occupied his bedroom.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Although the previous owner of the spinet piano in Diamond Park has not come forward, the Bernal Heights incident might tease a possible explanation for the appearance of the mysterious instrument.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

The scenic designer Andromache Chalfant has done it up for the occasion as a gauzy salon, with a velvet-draped spinet, mossy paintings, heavy curtains and fairy lights.

From New York Times • May 2, 2019

At the championship, they tackled such words as troika, jeremiad, syndrome, vitriol, spinet, bezoar and cynosure.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2019

By then, my parents had saved up enough to buy me a secondhand piano, a black Wurlitzer spinet with a scarred bench.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan