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Keyboard Instruments and the Pipe Organ
Performing Arts: Western Music · Chapter 1 · Section A: Musical Instruments
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- Harpsichord: plucking mechanism (jacks and plectra), manuals and tone
- Clavichord: tangent action, soft tone and bebung
- Acoustic pianoforte: hammer action, dampers, pedals; grand and upright pianos
- Pipe organ: wind supply, flue and reed pipes, stops, manuals and pedalboard
- Comparing keyboard instruments: similarities and differences