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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