harpsichord

IPA: hˈɑrpsʌkɔrd

(music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.

Examples of "harpsichord" in Sentences

“I am very fond of books and music; my harpsichord was my delight.”
"I am very fond of books and music; my harpsichord was my delight."
"The harpsichord was a wedding gift from a grateful employer, I suppose?"
Over the harpsichord was a portrait of the Colonel himself, painted before she was born.
But the mind was as clearly the result of the bodily organization as the music of the harpsichord is the result of the instrumental mechanism.
As for the rest of the album, let me just point out that it's sad when a harpsichord is the only good thing about a song, as is the case in "Aleph."
The man who was born within an echo of the harpsichord was the most important inspiration and influence on the creation and development of the modern piano.
Thus our heroine, though possessed of more philosophy than usually falls to the share of a young beauty, could not sometimes prevent the intrusion of uneasy reflections: upon these occasions her harpsichord was her general resource, and a lesson from some favourite composer would, at any time, reharmonize her mind.