clavichord in English

noun
1
a small, rectangular keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the ends of key levers that gently press the strings, popular from the early 15th to early 19th centuries.
Mozart's lifetime witnessed the coexistence of four kinds of keyboard instrument: the harpsichord, the clavichord , the fortepiano, and the organ.

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1. When Cristofori built his pianos of the 1720s, the harpsichord and the clavichord were the usual stringed keyboard instruments.

2. One must simply accept these performances at face value and forget about problems of piano versus harpsichord versus clavichord.

3. Clavier, German Klavier, any stringed keyboard musical instrument in Germany from the late 17th century. The harpsichord, the clavichord, and, later, the piano bore the name

4. He strictly forbade him to meddle with any musical instrument but Handel found means to get a little clavichord privately convey'd to a room at the top of the house.