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Re: Cute Lil Thing
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David Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:04:08 -0500
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At 21:37 27-11-03 +0000, Peter Bavington wrote:
>It's not really a clavicytherium, since that term means an upright
>harpsichord. I think it would qualify as an 'upright grand pianoforte'.

Actually, according to Laurence Libin and Michael Cole, it is neither; it
is an "upright pantelon".  These two gentlemen spoke about and showed this
instrument in situ at the joint meeting of SEHKS and MHKS in 2002.  Michael
suggested that it would sound a something like a dulcimer, though the
instrument was in no kind of shape to test that suggestion!

david

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