spinet
noun /spɪˈnet/
  /ˈspɪnət/
 - a kind of harpsichord (= an early type of musical instrument), played like a pianoTopics Musicc2
 - spinet piano/organ (US English) a small piano/electronic organTopics Musicc2
 
Word Originmid 17th cent.: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet’, diminutive of spina ‘thorn’, the strings being plucked by quills.