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The piano's plucky ancestor that can't play soft, so it just plays gorgeously regardless.
plucks, not hitsQuills pull strings, so volume never changes
baroque royaltyBach and Scarlatti wrote thousands of pieces for it
quill problemOriginal picks were carved from bird feathers
piano killerReplaced by the louder fortepiano around 1700s
surprise comebackThe Beatles used one on 'In My Life'