An alternative or archaic name for the harpsichord, a keyboard instrument with plucked strings.
From clavichord roots mixed with Latin clava (club/key) + French -in. Emerged as various European keyboard instruments were named during the Renaissance.
Before 'harpsichord' won the naming battle, musicians called the instrument by different names in different languages—'clavacin' survives mainly in historical musicology texts from the 1600s-1700s.
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