Editing Virginals (section)

{{Short description|Keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family}}
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{{Infobox instrument
| name           = Virginals
| image          = Virginal.jpg
| image_capt     = Flemish virginals by [[Hans Ruckers]], 1583, Antwerp (Paris, Musée de la Musique). Note the inset keyboard placed left of centre.
| classification = [[Keyboard instrument]]
| range          = [[Short octave|C<sub>2</sub>/E<sub>2</sub>]] to C<sub>6</sub> (45 notes); some Italian models C<sub>2</sub> to F<sub>6</sub> (54 notes)
| related        = [[harpsichord]], [[spinet]], [[clavicytherium]]
| musicians      =
| builders       =
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}}

The '''virginals'''{{efn|The plural form may refer to a single instrument.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171944/http://www.ballandclaw.com/vermeer/nbe.html Vermeer: Painting of 'Lady Seated at the Virginals']. Web.archive.org</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/2005/121.html|title=A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals by Johannes Vermeer|website=Philamuseum.org|access-date=2017-01-08}}</ref>}} is a [[keyboard instrument]] of the [[harpsichord]] family. It was popular in Europe during the [[Renaissance music|late Renaissance]] and early [[Baroque music|Baroque]] periods.