a kind of harpsichord (= an early type of musical instrument), played like a piano Topics Musicc2斯皮耐琴(小型拨弦键琴) - spinet piano/organ (US English)
a small piano/electronic organ Topics Musicc2小型钢琴/电子琴
Word Originmid 17th cent.: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet’, diminutive of spina ‘thorn’, the strings being plucked by quills.