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CLAVICHORD

CLAVICHORD
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the earliest stringed keyboard instrument. It was a forerunner of the piano and had 20@30 strings, each about the same length, stretched over an oblong board. By pressing the keys, short metal blades attached to the back end of them rose up and struck the strings to make sounds. A clavichord?an early keyboard instrument resembling an upright piano which produced a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys, gently striking the strings. You can also make it sound like a clavichord.an early keyboard instrument resembling an upright piano which produced a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings. You can also make it sound like a clavichord. TStudying Data Assimilation (9 July 64)