Associations to the word «Harpsichord»

Wiktionary

HARPSICHORD, noun. (musici) A musical instrument that produces sound by plucking the strings with a plectrum through a mechanical process when the performer presses on a key on a piano-like keyboard, originating in Middle Ages Europe.

Dictionary definition

HARPSICHORD, noun. A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots.

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery