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VORGINEL (English virginal, French virginale) - strings. keyboard instrument. The name, possibly due to the popularity of the instrument among women - music lovers (lat. Virgo - woman), possibly comes from lat. words virgula - wand. The genus is a small harpsichord, usually rectangular in shape, most often without legs and with one manual (keyboard). There was one string for each sound; the strings were located diagonally (from left to right). The case, as a rule, was richly decorated with inlays and paintings. Volume V. - up to 4 octaves (C - s3). During the game V. without legs was put on the table. V.'s sound is weaker than the harpsichord, but louder than that of the spinet. There were two varieties of V.: in the most common keyboard, it was located to the right of the center of the side of the case facing the performer, the strings were plucked closer to the middle, the sound was deaf;in the other, the keyboard was located on the left side of the center, and the strings were plucked closer to the edge, which made the sound more delicate and silvery.