Musical Instruments From History

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Clavichord

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Keyboard instruments popular between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The loudness, which depends on the force with which a brass blade strikes the strings, is under the direct control of the player.

Front 2

Cornett

Back 2

Wind instrument of hollowed-out wood or ivory, with finger holes and a cup mouthpiece, blown like a brass instrument

Front 3

Crumhorn

Back 3

Renaissance wind instrument, with a double reed enclosed in a cap so the player's lips do not touch the reed.

Front 4

Harpsichord

Back 4

Keyboard instrument in use between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. It was distinguished from the clavichord and the piano by the fact that its strings were plucked, not struck.