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virginal

Summary

virginal is a type of musical instrument[1]. virginal draws 742 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #92 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • virginal's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • virginal is a type of Plucked string instrument[4].
  • virginal is a type of box zither[5].
  • virginal is a type of keyboard instrument[6].
  • virginal's Commons category is recorded as Virginals[7].
  • virginal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Virginals[8].
  • virginal's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[9].
  • virginal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • virginal's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11].
  • virginal's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[12].
  • virginal's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 314.122-6-8[13].
  • virginal's different from is recorded as spinet[14].

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Definition and Type

virginal's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include Plucked string instrument[4], box zither[5], and keyboard instrument[6].

Why It Matters

virginal draws 742 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #92 of 399).[2] virginal has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] virginal is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → Plucked string instrument, box zither, keyboard instrument
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    Topic's main category → Category:Virginals
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22044, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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