Note 53 — OSCAR BIE (continued 2)
E. E. (Ernest Edward) Kellett translation
“Monochord” is synonymous with “Clavichord” here. The word was often used for the keyed instrument, probably because the “German” clavichord had tangents at the ends of the levers, which cut off the right length of the string, just as the moveable “bridge” of the acoustician’s monochord of one single string does.