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claviole Mus.|ˈklævɪəʊl|
[f. clavis key + viol.]
A keyed viol, the name given to a musical instrument. It was played on with finger-keys like the piano, the strings being set in vibration by a rotatory arrangement acting like the violin bow.
1819Pantologia, Claviole, invented by a Mr. J. I. Hawkins..Mr. Hawkins exhibited his instrument in America about seven years ago; when it was considered, by musicians, as equal in power to fifteen violins, tenors, and basses..A more detailed account..may be seen in Nos. 3 and 4 of the Retrospect [1805–15]. 1883A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. III. 639 The Claviol..was in form like a cabinet piano. |