Definitionn. a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
Last update: July 13, 2015
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The chords necessary in this part, which with its supporting bass is called the continuo, were indicated by figures; and the evanescent and delicate tones of the harpsichord; lent themselves admirably to this purpose where solo voices and instruments were concerned. [Please select]
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Hence this broad hint that was given me across the harpsichord. [Please select]
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The Colonel hesitated, but Evelyn, leaving Madam Byrd beside the harpsichord, came to her father's side. [Please select]
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The lady at the harpsichord chanced to let fall her hand upon the keys. [Please select]
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A forerunner of the pianoforte also appeared in the harpsichord. [Please select]
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The sound of people talking in a near chamber, the pleasant note of a harpsichord, and once the voice of a lady singing, bore me a kind of company. [Please select]
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Then in the music room, or East Parlor, as it is often called, she found the truant, gazing with rapt eyes at the quaint old harpsichord which had belonged to Nellie Custis. [Please select]
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