A harpsichord sounds very different than a piano because the strings are plucked instead of hit. From LearnThat.org.
"I am very fond of books and music; my harpsichord was my delight.". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
“I am very fond of books and music; my harpsichord was my delight.”. From Wordnik.com. [The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt] Reference
"The harpsichord was a wedding gift from a grateful employer, I suppose?". From Wordnik.com. [Ungrateful Governess]
Over the harpsichord was a portrait of the Colonel himself, painted before she was born. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Story — Complete] Reference
The '' 'harpsichord' '' represents the highest development of the plucked string family of keyboard instruments. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Temporal smearing is clearly a problem with MP3, and is evident in music such as harpsichord, but that is not the claim you make. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
He strengthened his harpsichord sound-board against. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
In the evening I played the harpsichord, and I sang. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Later in the day, he performed it with a harpsichord sound. From Wordnik.com. [Stephin Merritt: Two Days, 'A Million Faces'] Reference
Pepusch and Handel played the harpsichord and the organ there. From Wordnik.com. [Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864] Reference
And in particular, it was a harpsichord that has two keyboards. From Wordnik.com. [Simone Dinnerstein: Variations on a Career] Reference
A forerunner of the pianoforte also appeared in the harpsichord. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
He was an expert on sailing, spy novels — and the harpsichord. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Them Well] Reference
The harpsichord "harp" - stop, which muted one string of each note by. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
That would … INSKEEP: The instrument of choice then was the harpsichord. From Wordnik.com. [Simone Dinnerstein: Variations on a Career] Reference
There are interesting old books on the virginals, harpsichord, and spinet. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
He's also a versatile artist on other keyboards, including harpsichord and piano. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Egarr: The 'Bernstein of Early Music'] Reference
The harpsichord boxed up front gave way to the cylinder front, invented by Henry Pape. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
The tone was sweeter than the old spinet, or the harpsichord owned by Squire Hartrandt. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
"Thank you," said the shoemaker; "but our harpsichord is so wretched, and we have no music.". From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
Georg Christoph Wagenseil, a thorough connoisseur of the harpsichord, and himself a performer. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference
The pedals he employed were to shift the harpsichord register and to bring on the octave stop. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
But hark! her voice came in and joined the harpsichord -- surely this time he was not mistaken?. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Buckley also played the harpsichord, though not well enough to suit his refined musical tastes. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
There's some effective use of woodwinds -- and when did you last hear a harpsichord in a musical?. From Wordnik.com. [Just The Way Walt Made 'Em] Reference
In 1777 he patented an alternate pianoforte and harpsichord, the drawing of which patent shows the Backers action. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
That was hardly surprising, since, by his own admission, he was searching for a piano that played like a harpsichord. From Wordnik.com. [Finding The Keys To His Heart] Reference
Near by was the harpsichord on which she was about to try it, when it seemed to her that a screen beside her trembled. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Maria Theresa's son, afterward the Emperor Joseph, also sang well, and played both the harpsichord and the violoncello. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference
There's even a harpsichord solo which has all the thrills, theatrics and drama of a massive electric guitar Shred Fest. From Wordnik.com. [Headbanger Andrew W.K. Rocks Out — To Bach] Reference
"Here's my father," she said, quickly sitting at the harpsichord again, with her face away from it and the candle-light. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Underneath it sat a harpsichord, which he played on a recent concert tour in tandem with one of his customized microchips. From Wordnik.com. [The Symphony You Can Take With You] Reference
Arrangements for harpsichord alone of 16 concertos, generally described as by Vivaldi, but including several by other composers. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It was not Marguerite, that was certain, though a tear did just then drop on the hand that touched the harpsichord so charmingly. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
Cristofori instruments, wrest plank, sound-board, string-block, and action; the harpsichord scale of stringing being still retained. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
The decade 1770-80 marks the emancipation of the pianoforte from the harpsichord, of which before it had only been deemed a variety. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
Almost every house included between the Delaware and Schuylkill has its piano or harpsichord, its violin, its flute, or its clarinet. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
Numerous servants moved about noiselessly, and the musicians of the château, placed in a recess, played upon violins and a harpsichord. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
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