She went directly to the harpsichord and began to play a gavotte by Rameau.

她直接走向大键琴， 开始弹奏拉首加沃特舞曲。

" Was it the same harpsichord that you showed me" ?

“是你给我看那把大键琴吗” ？

She preferred the harpsichord to the piano, but when Conway went to the latter she would listen with grave and almost dutiful appreciation.

比起钢琴，她更喜欢大键琴， 但当康威选择后者时， 她会带着严肃、近乎尽责欣赏之情聆听。

As his hands float over the keyboard, the sound reaching his audience is as singular as it is beautiful: simultaneously reminiscent of the harpsichord, organ and a string quartet.

他手指在键盘上舞蹈，独特悦耳声音传到听众那里，同时让人想起大键琴、羽管键琴、管风琴以及弦乐四重奏声音。

" Pretty little place, " commented Barnard, as Chang led the way into an open pavilion which, to Conway's further delight, contained a harpsichord and a modern grand piano.

巴纳德评论道， 带路进入个开放展馆， 令康威更加高兴是， 展馆内有架大键琴和架现代三角钢琴。

Discerning that Clifford was not gladdened by her efforts, Hepzibah searched about the house for the means of more exhilarating pastime. At one time, her eyes chanced to rest on Alice Pyncheon's harpsichord.

赫普兹巴看出克利福德对她努力并不满意，便在屋子里四处寻找更令人振奋消遣方式。有次，她目光偶然落在爱丽丝·品钦大键琴上。

Still, he reflected, it might not be a disagreeable innovation; indeed, a female harpsichordist might be an asset to any community that permitted itself to be (in Chang's words) " moderately heretical" .

不过，他想，这可能不是个令人讨厌创新；事实上，对于任何允许自己成（话说）“适度异端”社区来说，位女性大键琴演奏家可能是笔财富。

Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars; interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many other instruments of music, unknown to us in Europe.

他们外衣装饰着太阳、月亮和星星图案。与小提琴、长笛、竖琴、小号、吉他、大键琴和许多其他我们在欧洲不人知音乐乐器交织在起。

The word " piano" is short for " pianoforte" , a combination of the Italian words for " soft" and " loud." Now, unlike the harpsichord, which came before it, the piano is a percussion instrument.

“piano”词是“pianoforte”缩写，是意大利语中“soft”和“loud”组合。现在，与之前大键琴不同，钢琴是种打击乐器。

Now, as we know, keyboard instruments existed long before the piano—the organ, which dates back to the Middle Ages, as do other keyboard instruments, such as the harpsichord, which is still popular today with some musicians.

现在，正如我们所知，键盘乐器早在钢琴之前就已经存在了——管风琴可以追溯到中世纪，其他键盘乐器也是如此，例如大键琴，它今天仍然受到些音乐家欢迎。

But, even now, she was supposed to haunt the House of the Seven Gables, and, a great many times, —especially when one of the Pyncheons was to die, —she had been heard playing sadly and beautifully on the harpsichord.

但是，即使是现在，她也应该经常出没于七角墙之家，而且有很多次——尤其是当 Pyncheons 之即将死去时——人们听到她在大键琴上悲伤而优美地演奏。

It was strewn about with a few old books, and a work-basket, and a dusty writing-desk; and had, on one side, a large black article of furniture, of very strange appearance, which the old gentlewoman told Phoebe was a harpsichord.

里面散落着几本旧书、个工作篮和布满灰尘写字台。边有件黑色大家具，外观很奇怪，老太太告诉菲比那是把大键琴。