On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Bernhard Lang wrote: > > A friend asked me this: what is the german word for the french > > "Sauterau": " Dans le clavecin, tige de bois porteuse d' une languette > > munie D' un bec qui pince cordes." I *think* this the piece which > > acually "makes" the sound, like the fingers which (push/pull/move/...) > > the strings of a guitar, but i don't have a word for it :( > > The thing which plucks the harpsichord string is called "Kiel" in German > (origin "Federkiel"). > `Kiel' is only the `bec qui pince cordes'. The whole construction with the wooden carrier is called as far I know `Docke'. Christof
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