clavichord

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an early keyboard instrument whose strings are struck by small metal blades, producing a soft, expressive sound

   The musician played the clavichord in the quiet study.

From German Klavichord, ultimately from Latin clavis, meaning “key,” and chorda, meaning “string.” The name describes a keyboard instrument whose keys activate metal tangents that strike its strings.

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