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harpsichordist

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harp·si·chord  (härps-kôrd, -krd)
n.
A keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by means of quills or plectrums.

[Alteration of obsolete French harpechorde, from Italian arpicordo : arpa, harp (from Late Latin harpa, of Germanic origin) + corda, string (from Latin chorda, from Greek khord; see gher- in Indo-European roots).]

harpsi·chordist n.
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Noun1.harpsichordist - someone who plays the harpsichord
instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

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Compared to harpsichordists and percussionists who routinely build and repair their own instruments, pianists are often the least knowledgeable about how their instrument actually generates sound.
A harpsichordist and organist (playing a small chamber instrument, not the newly installed pipe organ) provided continuo.
After Lieberson's death in 1977, she married harpsichordist Paul Wolfe.
 
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