Harpsichord

(noun.) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots.

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• He says there is only an old harpsichord at Lowick, and it is covered with books. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then appeared the harpsichord, a still nearer approach to the piano, having a hand or knee-worked pedal, and on which Mozart and Handel and Haydn brought out their grand productions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The harp with which David stirred the dead soul of Saul was the prototype of the sweet clavichord, the romantic virginal, the tinkling harpsichord, and the grand piano. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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