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CLAVECIN

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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 (Ger. Clavicymbel or Dockenklavier), an See also:abbreviation of the Flemish clavisinbal and Ital. clavicimbalo, a See also:keyboard musical See also:instrument in which the strings were plucked by means of a plectrum consisting of a See also:quill mounted upon a See also:jack. See See also:PIANOFORTE; HARPSICHORD.

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