Title: Polygonal Virginal converted to a Tangent Piano
Object type: Polygonal Virginal converted to a Tangent Piano
Date: 1585 or 1587; converted in 1717
Culture: Italian
Artist:  Franciscus Bonafinis 
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Cypress, ebony, ivory, various materials
Dimensions: Case length:  31.7 cm
Classification: Chordophone-Zither
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:     Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY