harpsichord

Noun
  1. A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots (synset 103501421)
    is a type of: clavier, klavier - a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
    subtypes:
    • spinet - early model harpsichord with only one string per note
    • pair of virginals, virginal - a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
    same as: cembalo

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