NOUN | artifact | cembalo, harpsichord | a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots |
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Meaning | A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots. | |
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Synonym | harpsichord | |
Narrower | spinet | Early model harpsichord with only one string per note |
virginal, pair of virginals | A legless rectangular harpsichord | |
Broader | clavier, Klavier | A stringed instrument that has a keyboard |
Spanish | clavecín, clavicémbalo, clavicordio | |
Catalan | clavecí, clavicèmbal |
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