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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLAVICEMBALO, or GRAVICEMBALO (from
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Lat. clavis,
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key, and cymbalum, cymbal; Eng. clavicymbal, clavisymbal; Flemish, clavisinbal; Span. clavisinbanos)  , a
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keyboard musical
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instrument with strings plucked by means of small
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quill or leatherplectra . " Cymbal " (Gr. e6,. aXoe, from K15J43I7, a hollow
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vessel) was the old
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European
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term for the
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dulcimer, and hence its
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place in the formation of the word . See
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PIANOFORTE;
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SPINET;
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VIRGINAL .

End of Article: CLAVICEMBALO, or GRAVICEMBALO (from Lat. clavis, key, and cymbalum, cymbal; Eng. clavicymbal, clavisymbal; Flemish, clavisinbal; Span. clavisinbanos)
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