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Re: compare and contrast

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Subject: Re: compare and contrast
From: Gary Maxwell <gdmaxwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 15:33:46 -0800
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On 08 March, Clair Warden wrote:

> Piano's have main notes white and sharps/flats black, a harpsichord is
> the other way round with white sharps :)  It also sounds a bit more
> "plinky" (insert appropriate musical term!) in sound.  :)

"Guitarish", would be a fairly accurate description of the sound from a
Harpsichord.  Harpsichord strings are 'plucked' like a Guitar, unlike a Piano
which actually has a 'hammer' that 'strikes' the strings.

Gary Maxwell
Bass Trombone
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

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