harpsichord
plucked-string keyboard instrument
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Summary
harpsichord is a type of musical instrument[1]. harpsichord ranks in the top 1% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,195 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Manufacturer: harpsichord maker[3]
- Subclass of: keyboard instrument[4], Plucked string instrument[5], box zither[6], Kielinstrument[7]
- Commons category: Harpsichords[8]
- Inception: 1500[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Harpsichord[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The New Student's Reference Work[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15]
- Used by: harpsichordist[16]
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 314.122-6-8[17]
- Short name: Cemb[18]
- Different from: Cembalo[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- Model item: Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin[21]
Why It Matters
harpsichord has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] harpsichord is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]