ravalement
/ˈravalmɒ̃/Early Music
noun
The action or an instance of rebuilding a keyboard instrument so as to modify and extend its range; an instrument modified in this way.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Ralph Russell (b. 1918). From French ravalement from ravaler to bring down + -ment.
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