Clavichord

/klˈavɪkˌɔːd/

/ˈkɫævəˌkɔɹd/

Clavichord

a Western European keyboard instrument producing soft tones, especially used in the 18th century

Examples

1. For a couple hundred years the Clavichord was the standard keyboard instrument.

2. The Clavichord and the Harpsichord were two predecessors to the piano.

3. Then you had the clavichord and then you had the piano forte, which hit a note.

4. but then we come to the piano or historically the harpsichord or clavichord but either way the problem is this: it has too many strings.