lautenclavicymbeln.
/ˈlaʊtənklavɪˌsɪmbəl/ Music. Obsolete exc. Historical.
A type of harpsichord with gut rather than metal strings.
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1884 C. Bell & J. A. Fuller-Maitland tr. P. Spitta J. S. Bach II. iv. ii. 46 In the year 1740 (or thereabout) he devised a ‘Lauten-clavicymbel’ (Lute-harpsichord).
1906 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) II. 653/2 Lautenclavicymbel, ‘lute-harpsichord’, invented by J. S. Bach in 1740.
1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 382/1 Lautenclavicymbel, lute-harpsichord..harpsichord with gut strings instead of metal strings. The instrument existed in the sixteenth century, and Bach had one made in 1740.
1978 Early Music 6 253/1 No lautenklavizymbel are preserved, yet no one denies they existed.
1979 Early Music 7 71/1 The two lute pieces that Bach himself transcribed for harpsichord (or, possibly, the strange hybrid Lautenclavicymbel).
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