Assertion: harpsichord's string | /r/HasProperty | struck by hammer
Facets:
value: as in a piano
type: OTHER
value: in pianos
type: LOCATION
value: in this case
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In this case, the string is struck by a hammer (originally hide-coated, now felted) and an 'escapement' allows the key to set up to repeat the blow more quickly than other mechanisms.
text: First of all, the sound is totally different, because the underlying technique is different: in pianos, the string is hit by a “hammer” (well it is soft and not made of steel!
text: This is because the strings are plucked instead of struck with hammers as in a piano.
text: For those unfamiliar with it, a harpsichord is a pianolike instrument, a mainstay of baroque music, whose strings are plucked by feathers rather than struck by hammers.