also: クラビコード
noun
clavichord
A keyboard instrument popular in the Baroque and Classical periods, producing sound by striking strings with metal blades.
バッハはクラヴィコードのために多くの作品を書いた。
Bach wrote many pieces for the clavichord.
Piano; hammers strike strings, allowing louder dynamics and a wider expressive range than the clavichord.
Borrowed from English 'clavichord', ultimately from Latin 'clavis' (key) and 'chorda' (string).