<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If one is talking about the sound = generator, then a hammer Dulcimer is the answer (the gipsy ones eve have  dampers.) = If the way the sound is produced is considered, the clavichord is the answer : = it's got hammers, sort of "keyboard hammer Dulcimer".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, at least historically, the = question is a sensible one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(i.e. : what's inside a "prepared = piano" ?  A piano, the poor guy...! <grin>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My clavichord has come back from its 6 = months trip to Holland, and I am wrestling with its Werckmeister II = temperament.  Anyone has a clue as to why such a temperament on this particular = instrument ? (in a clavichord, the temperament is determined by its construction : = some strings will produce two different notes. Simply changing the tuning = does not help...)    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jean Debefve -not an expert. Happy new = year to everyone. </FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>