clavichord

stringed keyboard musical instrument
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clavichord

Summary

clavichord is a type of musical instrument[1]. clavichord draws 2,038 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #50 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • clavichord's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • clavichord was followed by fortepiano[4].
  • clavichord was followed by clavinet[5].
  • clavichord is a type of musical instrument[6].
  • clavichord is a type of box zither[7].
  • clavichord is a type of struck string instrument[8].
  • clavichord is a type of keyboard instrument[9].
  • clavichord's Commons category is recorded as Clavichords[10].
  • 1200 marks the founding of clavichord[11].
  • clavichord's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[12].
  • clavichord's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • clavichord's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • clavichord's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • clavichord's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • clavichord's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[17].
  • clavichord's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 314.122-4-8[18].

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Definition and Type

clavichord's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include musical instrument[6], box zither[7], struck string instrument[8], and keyboard instrument[9].

Origins

1200 marks the founding of clavichord[11].

Why It Matters

clavichord draws 2,038 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #50 of 399).[2] clavichord has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] clavichord is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of musical instrument, box zither, struck string instrument +1
    Instance of
    Instance of type of musical instrument
    Inception +1200-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17325, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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