noun
A keyboard instrument in which strings are plucked, common in Baroque music.
from Italian cembalo
バッハの曲をチェンバロで演奏する。
I perform Bach's pieces on the harpsichord.
An organ produces sustained tones via pipes or electronics, unlike the plucked, quickly decaying sound of a harpsichord.
From Italian cembalo, short for clavicembalo, meaning harpsichord.