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
The elevator does not go to the clavier cabin.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2015
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The clavier, or spinet, was a better instrument than the lute, which at length it superseded, having more tones and a greater harmonic capacity.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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