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of the key was de-pressed, rose and set the string of twisted brasswire in vibration, by pressing upon it, instead of Musical Instruments 257 picking it like the quill of the spinet and harpsi-chord. This pressure divided the string into twodifferent lengths, the shorter length being preventedfrom… … Illus. 219. —Clavichord, 1745. ing the tangent to fall. In the earlier clavichordsone string had to serve to produce the tone for twoor three different keys. These instruments werecalled gebunden, or fretted. Later instrumentsare bund frei or free, having a string for each key.The clavichord player…
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