clavier

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

clavier
    n 1: a bank of keys on a musical instrument [syn: {piano
         keyboard}, {fingerboard}, {clavier}]
    2: a stringed instrument that has a keyboard [syn: {clavier},
       {Klavier}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Clavier \Cla"vi*er\ (? F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. clavis key.] (Mus.)
   The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
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   Note: Clavier (?) is the German name for a pianoforte.
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