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HARPSICHORD, HARPSICON, DOUBLE VIRGINALS (Fr. clavecin; Ger. Clavicymbel, Kiel-Flugel; Ital. arpicordo, cembalo, davicembalo, gravecembalo; Dutch, davisinbal) , a large keyboard instrument (see PIANOFORTE), belonging to the same family as the virginal
harpsichord
instruments
harpsichord
the strings, instead of being struck by tangents as in the clavichord, or by hammers as in the. pianoforte, are plucked by means of a quill firmly embedded in the centred tongue of a jack or upright placed on the back end of the key-lever. When the finger
crow -quill catches the string
string
instruments
accent
great
The harpsichord assumed a position of great
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