Editing Clavinet (section)

{{Short description|Electric keyboard instrument}}
{{Distinguish|Clarinet}}
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{{Infobox Instrument
|name=Clavinet
|names=Clav, Clavi
|image=Hohner_Clavinet_D6.jpg
|background = keyboard
|classification=
*[[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]]
*[[Chordophone]]
*[[Electric piano]]
|range=F1–E6
|related=[[Cembalet]], [[Pianet]], Duo, [[clavichord]]
|builders=[[Hohner]]
}}
The '''Clavinet''' is an electric [[clavichord]] invented by [[Ernst Zacharias]] and manufactured by the [[Hohner]] company of [[Trossingen]], [[West Germany]], from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and responding to a keystroke by striking a given point on a tensioned string, and was designed to resemble the [[Renaissance music|Renaissance-era]] clavichord.

Although originally intended for home use, the Clavinet became popular on stage, and could be used to create [[electric guitar]] sounds on a keyboard. It is strongly associated with the musician [[Stevie Wonder]], who used the instrument extensively, particularly on his 1972 hit "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]", and was regularly featured in [[rock music|rock]], [[funk]] and [[reggae]] music throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Modern digital keyboards can emulate the Clavinet sound, but there is also a grass-roots industry of repairers who continue to maintain the instrument.