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

她直接走向大琴， 开始弹奏拉莫的一首加沃特舞曲。

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

“是你给我看的那把大琴吗” ？

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，她更喜欢大琴， 但当康威选择后者时， 她会带着严肃的、近乎尽责的欣赏之情聆听。

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.

他的手指上舞蹈，独特悦耳的声音传到听众那里，同时让人想起大琴、羽管琴、管风琴以及弦乐四重奏的声音。

" 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， 张带路进入一个开放的展馆， 令康威更加高兴的是， 展馆内有一架大琴和一架现代三角钢琴。

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的努力并，便屋子里四处寻找更令人振奋的消遣方式。有一次，她的目光偶然落爱丽丝·品钦的大琴上。

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" .

过，他想，这可能是一个令人讨厌的创新；事实上，对于任何允许自己成为（用张的话说）“适度异端”的社区来说，一位女性大琴演奏家可能是一笔财富。

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.

他们的外衣装饰着太阳、月亮和星星的图案。与小提琴、长笛、竖琴、小号、吉他、大琴和许多其他我们欧洲为人知的音乐乐器交织一起。

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”一词是“pianoforte”的缩写，是大利语中“soft”和“loud”的组合。现，与之前的大琴同，钢琴是一种打击乐器。

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，正如我们所知，乐器早钢琴之前就已经存了——管风琴可以追溯到中世纪，其他乐器也是如此，例如大琴，它今天仍然受到一些音乐家的欢迎。

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，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 之一即将死去时——人们听到她大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、一个工作篮和一张布灰尘的写字台。一边有一件黑色的大家具，外观很奇怪，老太太告诉菲比那是一把大琴。