noun
- a small upright piano
- a small harpsichord with a single keyboard
Usage: historical
Examples
- The apartment was too small for a grand piano, so she bought a spinet instead.
- The music teacher preferred the spinet for beginning students.
- An antique spinet sat in the corner of the Victorian parlor.
- The spinet’s compact size made it perfect for the small music room.
- She practiced scales on the old spinet every morning.
- The baroque spinet produced a delicate, tinkling sound.