Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HARP'SI-CHORD
HARP'SI-CHORD, n. [harp and chord.]
An instrument of music with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys. The striking of these keys moves certain little jacks, which move a double row of chords or strings, stretched over four bridges on the table of the instrument. – Encyc.
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