"Plectrum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... instrument of the same kind is also used in religious ceremonies, the 'the king,' made of one large block of 'yu,' suspended from an upright. It is played like the real 'king,' by being struck with a special stick or plectrum, and the tone, though less varied than that of the larger instrument, is ...
— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various
... eye over them deftly, as if they were the separate strings of an instrument which could afford gratification to her only when swept lightly all at one time by her tingling finger tips, or, more likely, by the intangible plectrum ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various |
