It was in a cheaply constructed, boxlike, one-story building on a desolate street of bars, car-repair shops, and empty lots.

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The harpsichord, a table-size Renaissance favorite, was cleverly reengineered as a boxlike model called a virginal (in tribute to Queen Elizabeth I) that one person could fold up and carry.

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