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 Each key key is attached to a vertical jack that rises when the key is depresses  As the jack rises a quill that protrudes from it plucks the string.

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2  Each key key is attached to a vertical jack that rises when the key is depresses  As the jack rises a quill that protrudes from it plucks the string as it fall  The quill then pivots to prevent a second pluck  A cloth damper then silences the string

3  Harpsichords  Spinets  Virginal  Clavicytherium

4 $ Grand shaped piano member $ Vaguely triangular case holding long base strings at the left and short treble strings at the right $ Has one to three strings per note depending on the manual style  single manual  double manual  tri manual

5  Jacks are at a 30 degree angle to keyboard  Strings are arranged in pairs  Jacks are placed in gaps between pairs

6  Small, simple form of the harpsichord  Looks like a clavichord  Only one string per note  Single manual  Commonly used in renaissance era

7  A harpsichord that is strung vertically  Very rare  Used until 18 th century

8  Choir organ  Portative organ  Pipe organ

9  Portable version of pipe organ  10 to 40 pipes  played with foot pedal and many keys

10  Biggest, loudest organ  Tens of thousands of pipes  Is one of the oldest musical instruments  Has a wind chest that stores air  Dates back to the third century B.C.  Was the king of instruments according to Mozart

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