单词 | harpsichord-making |
释义 | > as lemmasharpsichord-making attributive and in other combinations, as harpsichord-lesson, harpsichord-maker, harpsichord-making, harpsichord-master, harpsichord-player, harpsichord-wire, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > harpsichord-player harpsichord-player1772 clavecinist1865 harpsichordist1878 1772 Brydone in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 167 I cut a quantity of harpsichord-wire into short pieces. 1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 266 The harpsichord-tuners find it more difficult to tune these extreme parts. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 307 Sandoni, a harpsichord-master and composer of some eminence. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 540 An exquisite harpsichord player. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 225/1 Harpsichord graces, certain turns and ornaments employed in playing upon the harpsichord, introduced for the most part as compensation for the lack of sustaining power in the instrument. 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 79 The palm for excellence in harpsichord-making is due to the famous Ruckers family. < as lemmas |
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