Plectrum (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Plectrum" in English language version.

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claviantica.com

  • This reflects what is probably the mainstream view; however, the builder Grant O'Brien has suggested that if cut properly, a quill plectrum will last indefinitely, and he mentions harpsichords from the historical period whose quills have lasted intact to the present. The correct form of voicing, O'Brien suggests, involves tapering, so that a plectrum will display constant curvature at the moment it is maximally displaced in plucking. "The use of raven feathers for quills in Neapolitan harpsichords". www.claviantica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  • See Skowroneck, op. cit., Broekman, op. cit., and for a particularly skeptical view, O'Brien, Grant. "The use of raven feathers for quills in Neapolitan harpsichords". www.claviantica.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.

fortepiano.com

  • For a discussion of these plastics, see [1].

hubharp.com

  • Hendrik Broekman ([2]), Tilman Skowroneck ([3]), Keith Hill ([4]).

keithhillharpsichords.com

instrumentmaking.keithhillharpsichords.com

  • Hendrik Broekman ([2]), Tilman Skowroneck ([3]), Keith Hill ([4]).

skowroneck.wordpress.com

  • Hendrik Broekman ([2]), Tilman Skowroneck ([3]), Keith Hill ([4]).

theguardian.com

  • The affiliation of "plectra" and "plectrums" with harpsichords and guitars, respectively, is vividly discussed by Guardian columnist James Fenton: Fenton, James (2007-10-13). "Keyboard words". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-04.

tufts.edu

perseus.tufts.edu

  • πλῆκτρον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  • Greek "πλῆκτρον" comes from the verb "πλήττω" or "πλήσσω" (plēssō), "to hit, to strike, to smite, to sting". πλήσσω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus

worldcat.org

  • The affiliation of "plectra" and "plectrums" with harpsichords and guitars, respectively, is vividly discussed by Guardian columnist James Fenton: Fenton, James (2007-10-13). "Keyboard words". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-04.