clavicytheriumn.
/ˌklavɪsɪˈθɪərɪəm/ Music.
An early musical instrument of the harpsichord type, being really an upright spinet.
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clavicymbal1492
claricymbal1502
harpsichord1611
harpsical?1624
harpsicon1633
clavicembalo1740
lyrichord1741
cembalo1786
clavecin1813
clavicytherium1813
clavicithern1855
gravicembalo1858
lautenclavicymbel1884
lute harpsichord1884
1511 S. Virdung Musica Getutscht (Basel) sig. Bv Clauiciterium.
1611 M. Praetorius Syntagma Musicum (Wolfenbüttel) II. xli Clavicytherium.]
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Clavicytherum, the clavichord.
1860 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 28 The clavicytherium, or keyed-cithara.
1880 A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Music Clavicytherium, an upright musical instrument allied to the horizontal harpsichord and spinet.
1888 A. J. Hipkins Mus. Instruments Pl. vi Named Clavicytherium by the earliest writer on musical instruments, Virdung..who gives a drawing of one. It is in fact a spinet set upright.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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