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
Rodney, the protagonist of “Early Music,” purchases an antiquated clavichord that will financially ruin his family.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2017
From the start, liquidity was a keyboard ideal, and an ocean of music evoking water has been written over the centuries for harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano and modern grand.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2016
Indeed, though China in the 1600s had numerous rich musical traditions that employed both domestic and imported instruments, it had nothing resembling the clavichord, a stringed keyboard instrument and predecessor of the piano.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2015
Three months later Aureliano Segundo and Fernanda took Meme to school and came back with a clavichord, which took the place of the pianola.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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