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
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
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
While the others were taking their siestas she would practice the clavichord for two hours, knowing that the daily sacrifice would keep Fernanda calm.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Musical Instruments - Middle School
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