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Clavichord   /klˈævəkˌɔrd/   Listen
Clavichord

noun
1.
An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound.






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"Clavichord" Quotes from Famous Books



... FARRANT, planted with his knees apart, his hands clasped, his head bent; very glum. And sometimes HORSHAM glances at the door, as if waiting for it to open. Then his gaze will travel back, up the long shiny black piano, with a volume of the Well Tempered Clavichord open on its desk, to where CANTELUPE is perched uncomfortably on the bench; paler than ever; more self-contained than ever, looking, to one who knows him as well as Horsham does, a little dangerous. So he returns to contemplation of the ceiling or the carpet. They wait ...
— Waste - A Tragedy, In Four Acts • Granville Barker



Words linked to "Clavichord" :   stringed instrument, keyboard instrument



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