[DOC] [TLE] Harpsichord - Wikipedia [PAR] A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It 
produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed. "Harpsichord" 
designates the whole family of similar plucked keyboard instruments, including 
the smaller ... The harpsichord was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque 
music. During the... [DOC] [TLE] String instrument - Wikipedia [PAR] String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical 
instruments that produce ... Some types of string instrument are mainly plucked, 
such as the harp and the electric bass. ..... In contrast, with stringed keyboard 
instruments, 88 strings are used on a piano, and even though these strings are 
arranged on a... [DOC] [TLE] keyboard instrument | music | Britannica.com [PAR] Please select which sections you would like to print: Table Of Contents. Introduction. Development of the keyboard. The clavichord. The harpsichord. The piano. Related stringed keyboard instruments. The organ. [DOC] [TLE] Keyboard Instruments - Music Of Yesterday [PAR] Jan 13, 2014 ... The first two kinds had keyboards on the principle of ours, though exceedingly ... 
choir organs, and probably were originally used for choir accompaniment. ... the 
strings were plucked by quills attached to the ends of the keys. Various names 
were given to the first small instruments of this kind, such as spinet... [DOC] [TLE] Musical Instruments [PAR] Oct 17, 2002 ... The Western instruments in common use are categorized as string (like ... The 
various types of keyboards can be wind (pipe organ), ... Double Reed 
Instruments (a reed is a small strip of cane, plastic, or metal used to .... 
harpsichord: tone produced by plectrums of crow quills plucking strings through a
... [DOC] [TLE] Piano History - Davide Verotta Musica [PAR] The first keyboard instrument that used strings, the clavichord, came to be in the 
late ... A small clavicord makes a sound that is easily covered by the noise ... a 
bird quill or a piece of hard leather (referred to as the plectrum) to pluck its strings
. [DOC] [TLE] The Harpsichord - Iowa State University MUSIC [PAR] early music keyboard instrument, the harpsichord. ... In the harpsichord family the 
string is plucked by a small plectrum, originally of quill. ... had a single manual 
and a basic registration of two 8' stops which were often used together, although 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Keyboard Instruments - Classics For Kids [PAR] An early keyboard instrument consisting of strings stretched across an oblong 
wooden box, and a brass wedge or ... A keyboard instrument that looks like a 
small organ. ... When the keys are pressed, the strings are plucked by quills. ... It 
was originally called pianoforte because it could play both soft (piano) and loud (
forte). [DOC] [TLE] Quia - Chapter 2: Performance Media [PAR] pizzicato, a way of playing a string instrument by plucking the string ... plectrum, 
small wedge of plastic, leather, or quill used to pluck the strings of certain ... pipe 
organ, keyboard instrument with many sets of pipes controlled from two or more... [DOC] [TLE] How The Renaissance Time Period Shaped The History of The Piano [PAR] The harpsichord was the first plucked-string keyboard instrument, and ... Similar 
to today's piano, the harpsichord used a system of wooden keys and an ... a small 
hook (called a quill) would pluck the string and create a specific tone or note. [DOC] [TLE] String instrument - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 23, 2015 ... Instruments such as the guitar, oud, sitar and harp are plucked, either by a ... 
which formerly used feather quills (now plastic plectra) to pluck the strings. ... An 
E-Bow is a small hand-held battery-powered device which can be used ... In 
keyboard instruments, the contact point along the string (whether this be... [DOC] [TLE] Can You Tell the Difference?  Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY [PAR] ACTUALLY, the keyboards of all those musical instruments do look ... the first half 
of the third century B.C.E. According to the book Musical Instruments of ... and it 
continued to be

Question: A small keyboard instrument that originally used quills to pluck the strings
Answer: a spinet