clavichord.

A quiet keyboard instrument whose strings are set vibrating by small metal tangents connected to the keys.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a clavichord recital
• a clavichord tangent
• play a clavichord

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The clavichord could scarcely be heard beyond the door, though inside the room each note seemed close.

Her fingers lingered on the clavichord keys, shaping a sound the harpsichord could not produce in the same way.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular clavichord; plural clavichords. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.