clavichord

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A Clavinet looks like an electric keyboard, but it is an electro-mechanical string instrument originally developed for the performance of classical harpsichord and clavichord music.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022

Technological change is in fact the subject of your favorite page, the middle page of a rondo that Bach wrote in 1781 as a farewell to his long-serving clavichord.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

She finds new textures in her voice, and its acrobatics are less flashy and more delicate, against an intricate world conjured up out of harps, music boxes and the clavichord.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2020

Newsom expanded her own instrumentation to include the clavichord, harpsichord and Mellotron.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2015

Fernanda's opposition lasted until the day when Meme broke down her resistance with the news that the Americans wanted to hear her play the clavichord.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez