harpsichord

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A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord. Eddie Condon

As a violin string or a harpsichord key vibrates and gives forth sound, so the cerebral fibres, struck by waves of sound, are stimulated to render or repeat the words that strike them. Julien Offray de La Mettrie

A harpsichord produces sound by plucking its strings, and a piano produces sound by striking its strings with tiny hammers. Source: Internet

A harpsichord -like sound can be produced by placing or dangling small metal buttons in front of the hammer. Source: Internet

A helpful analogy to visualize this technique is the distinction between a harpsichord and a piano. Source: Internet

Bach also wrote for more unusual combinations, including an E-flat major concerto for harpsichord and piano. Source: Internet

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