harpsichord
noun
harp·si·chord
ˈhärp-si-ˌkȯrd 
: a stringed instrument resembling a grand piano but usually having two keyboards and two or more strings for each note and producing tones by the plucking of strings with plectra
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Who else could segue fluidly from a dead Vietnamese mother not just to a harpsichord but to a harpsichord-maker with Parkinson’s?
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Lissette Ryan, another music teacher, plays the harp, cittern, guitar, harpsichord, recorder, crumhorn and hurdy gurdy.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
By far the standout track on the largely unheard first Elton John album, Empty Sky, and one of John and Taupin’s personal favorites, this recording features a lovely arrangement with John on harpsichord.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Inside the studio were a Rhodes, a Wurlitzer, a baby grand piano, several guitars, a harpsichord, and, in a small wood chair, the Brazilian singer-songwriter Tim Bernardes.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Lissette Ryan, another music teacher, plays the harp, cittern, guitar, harpsichord, recorder, crumhorn and hurdy gurdy.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
By far the standout track on the largely unheard first Elton John album, Empty Sky, and one of John and Taupin’s personal favorites, this recording features a lovely arrangement with John on harpsichord.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Inside the studio were a Rhodes, a Wurlitzer, a baby grand piano, several guitars, a harpsichord, and, in a small wood chair, the Brazilian singer-songwriter Tim Bernardes.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Harpsichord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harpsichord. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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harpsichord
noun
harp·si·chord
ˈhärp-si-ˌkȯ(ə)rd
: a keyboard instrument similar to a piano but with strings that are plucked rather than struck
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