(n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nicky's husband Chris is making a spinet at the moment, which is a little like a harpsichord, so we talked about how that was going.
(2) On the title track a harpsichord and echoes of children's laughter provide haunting backing for an instrumental that could easily have wound up as the theme to a 1970 TV detective serial starring Peter Wyngarde .
(3) But with hundreds of listeners getting their introduction to Beckwith's experimental harpsichord music, Young said she would "love" if this turned them on to other "non-traditional textures".
(4) Our current band is called Quattrio , in which I play recorder, Cath plays violin, Rita plays harpsichord and Jo played cello, but had to leave the group last year.
(5) Photograph: Fox Searchlight Plinking harpsichord music Almost the entire soundtrack is by Alexandre Desplat, so we’re going to assume it reeks of harpsichord.
(6) Baldrick, you wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord, singing, 'Subtle plans are here again!'
(7) It was born at 6pm on 29 September 1946, and its first cries were a light-hearted guide on How to Listen , a talk on world affairs, Bach harpsichord music, Monteverdi madrigals and a new work by Benjamin Britten .
(8) Left-handed professional musicians percentage is not significantly different from normal population, excepted for piano, organ and harpsichord players.
(9) John Beckwith has seen sales surge for his own composition of the same name, a 1997 duet for harpsichord and violin .
(10) People have used it to make a working version of the Antikythera mechanism, a 3D embodiment of Esher's "Relativity", a working harpsichord, a working V8 engine, and lots of modern art.
(11) We pay for a product, we’ve got contracts in place, we are looking at those very, very seriously because we reckon there has probably been some breaches.” Westacott said he did not need earplugs in pit lane at the start of the race and described the sounds as being like harpsichords in a chamber orchestra.
(12) As an adult he also appears to have got to grips with the harpsichord, mellotron, flute and organ, because they're all part of his chamber-pop palette.
(13) "It's a 10-minute piece with quarter-tone glides for both violin and harpsichord.
(14) Working with arranger Jon Brion, West brought lush strings and even a harpsichord into hip-hop, and questioned the provenance of the bling he and his fellow rappers were wearing on the hard-hitting Diamonds from Sierra Leone .