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Definition of Clarichord

Clarichord
Clarichord Clar"i*chord, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear + chorda string. See Chord.] A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

Meaning of Clarichord from wikipedia

- 1977 unfretted clavichord by Keith Hill Keyboard instrument Other names Clarichord Hornbostel–Sachs classification 314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard...
- and QuerflĂĽgel are used. A dumb spinet is a manichord or "clavichord or clarichord", according to the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary. The spinet piano...
- seemingly meaningless term (Gibbon (1682)). Other terms are "clavicymbal", "clarichord" and "sufflue" (used by Leigh in his Armory of 1562 and by Boswell, 1572)...