From dan.for@tiscali.cz Thu Nov 17 10:04:27 2011
Subject:Re: They're back

Tangents don't pluck, just beat and press the string. Harpsichord,
virginal, spinet, clavecin have jacks with small plectrum.

Tangents were sooner than hammers - clavichord is older instrument
than piano.

Daniel Forro