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keyboard instrument

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | 288 words | Copyright

keyboard instrument Large group of musical instruments played by pressing keys on a keyboard. Notes are sounded by hitting or plucking a string (as in the piano or harpsichord), passing air through a pipe or reed (as in the organ or accordion), or electronically (as in the synthesizer).

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