Rossi
Italian (of Milan)
spinet maker
Biography
Rossi, of Milan, is credited with an improvement to the spinet's construction: about 1550 he began building spinets in which the keyboard was placed within the case, departing from Giovanni Spinnetti's earlier design, which had the keyboard outside the case. A photograph captioned 'Rossi's Spinet, 1550' is reproduced in the text to illustrate his work.
Highlights
- About 1550, built spinets in Milan with the keyboard set within the case, unlike Spinnetti's original design with the keyboard outside the case.
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 33.
Public domain.