clavier

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He played the clavier and the harpsichord both.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2016

The punningly titled device is not quite a well-tempered clavier, but sort of an automotive gamelan.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2016

Mr. Lind’s console in the clavier cabin has pedals like an organ, but it is not outfitted with keys and stops; instead, it has wooden levers that are sometimes called batons.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2015

The elevator does not go to the clavier cabin.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2015

The rockets, which are fired by means of a keyboard not unlike that of a clavier, are loaded with a composition containing a large percentage of phosphorus and are fitted with gangs of barbed hooks.

From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)