clavicytheriums
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əms/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌklæv.ə.saɪˈθɪə.ɹi.əms/
- Hyphenation: clav‧i‧cy‧ther‧i‧ums
Noun[edit]
clavicytheriums
- plural of clavicytherium.
- 2007, Frederick Hammond, “Delin, Albert (1712–1771)”, in Igor Kipnis, editor, The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments; 2), New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 147, column 1:
- However, [Albert] Delin's originality is manifested from the start through his building of clavicytheriums, in which the mechanism is an innovation; it appears that he was trying to distinguish himself from the other makers of the eighteenth century in the Low Countries.