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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CLAVECIN , the See also:

French for clavisymbal or See also:

HARPSICHORD, HARPSICON, DOUBLE VIRGINALS (Fr. clavecin; Ger. Clavicymbel, Kiel-Flugel; Ital. arpicordo, cembalo, davicembalo, gravecembalo; Dutch, davisinbal)

harpsichord (Ger . Clavicymbel or Dockenklavier), an See also:

ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation of the Flemish clavisinbal and Ital. clavicimbalo, a See also:

KEYBOARD, or MANUAL (Fr. clavier; Ger. Klaviatur; Ital. tastatura)

keyboard musical See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument in which the strings were plucked by means of a plectrum consisting of a See also:

QUILL

quill mounted upon a See also:

JACK

jack . See See also:

PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

PIANOFORTE; HARPSICHORD .

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