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Actions (sound device components)

Scope note

Mechanisms by means of which the strings or pipes of a keyboard instrument are sounded when a key is depressed, or, in harps, that alter the pitch of strings when a pedal is depressed. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212480

Broader Terms used

<actions and action components>

Equivalent Terms used

action (sound device component)

Created

13yrs ago

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