plectron
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We do not make Mantic either godless or void of reason, when we give it the soul of man as its material, and the enthusiastic spirit and exhalation as its tool or plectron.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
Of course it is understood that both types of virginals as well as the spinet and the harpsichord were keyed chordophones employing the plucking action of jacks and plectra.
From Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Shortridge, John D.
To paraphrase a popular expression, "fingers were made before plectra," the latter being an "improvement" on nature's contrivance.
From The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Saint-George, Henry
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.
Implements less developed belong to a separate order of sound-producing contrivances, namely plectra, and may be described as permitting strumming by striking in place of twanging or twitching the strings.
From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George
The plectra, perhaps not original, are of leather.
From Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Shortridge, John D.
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