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The jacks have the early steel springs, and in 1885 traces were found in the instrument of original brass plectra, all of which point to a very early date.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
It is made of seven or eight hard- wood slats, pinned with bamboo tacks to transverse banana trunks lying on the ground: like the grande caisse, it is played upon with sticks, plectra like tent-pegs.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
In the clavicytherium at the Smithsonian Institution the plectra nearest the keyboard points to the player's left.
From Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Shortridge, John D.
The direction in which the plectra of each row of jacks should be pointing is not known.
From Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Shortridge, John D.
The plectra nearest the keyboard points the same way whether the jack is upside down or not.
From Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Shortridge, John D.
