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From volume 1 of the work.

1503803A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — ClavecinA. J. Hipkins


​CLAVECIN. The French name for a harpsichord, derived from clavicymbalum. According to M. Viollet Le-Duc (Dictionnaire du Mobilier Français. 1872) the clavecin superseded the psaltery in France some time in the 16th century. [See Harpsichord and Psaltery.]

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