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1. (n.) harpsichord
a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
Etymology: (1605–15; < NL harpichordium (with intrusive -s-). See harp , -i -, chord1)
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1. (noun) harpsichord, cembalo
a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
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1. (noun) harpsichord
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 It is now superseded by the piano
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Sense: a type of early keyboard musical instrument.
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 Afrikaans: klavesimbel |
 Arabic: مِعْزَف قيثاري |
 Bulgarian: клавесин |
 Brazilian: cravo |
 Czech: cembalo |
 German: das Cembalo |
 Danish: cembalo |
 Greek: κλαβεσίνο (μουσ.) |
 Spanish: clavicordio, clavicémbalo |
 Estonian: klavessiin |
 Farsi: هارپسی کورد |
 Finnish: cembalo |
 French: clavecin |
 Hebrew: צֶ'מבַּלוֹ |
 Hindi: हार्पसीकार्ड (वाद्य यंत्र |
 Croatian: (klavi)cembalo (prijašnji |
 Hungarian: csembaló |
 Indonesian: harpsikor |
 Icelandic: semball |
 Italian: arpicordo |
 Japanese: ハープシコード |
 Korean: 하프시코드 |
 Lithuanian: klavesinas |
 Latvian: klavihords |
 Malay: hapsikod |
 Dutch: klavecimbel |
 Norwegian: cembalo |
 Polish: klawesyn |
 Persian: هارپسی کورد |
 Pashto: دموسيقى يوډول اله |
 Portuguese: cravo |
 Romanian: clavecin |
 Russian: клавесин |
 Slovak: čembalo |
 Slovenian: čembalo |
 Serbian: klavsen |
 Swedish: cembalo |
 Thai: เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเปียโน |
 Turkish: klâvsen, çimbalo |
 Taiwanese: 大鍵琴 |
 Ukrainian: клавесин |
 Urdu: کلیدی تختہ والا ساز |
 Vietnamese: đàn clavico |
 Chinese: 大键琴 |
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