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Clapisson, Antonie L. (clah-pee-song)

Composer and pianist; Italy. B. 1808; d. 1866. CLOSE HARMONY keys, the tangent acted both as a means of vibrating the string and as a bridge. When the finger was raised, the string was damped by a piece of woolen cloth wrapped round it, between the tangent and the pin-block. The chief interest in this obsolete instrument is the fact that it was the favorite of J. S. Bach.

Claviçon (Fr.) (cla-vee-soong) [from Lat. clavis, a key]. The harpsichord.