Editing Clavinet (section)

==Description==
[[File:Clavinet-Funktionsprinzip.svg|thumb|left|300px|Parts of a Clavinet. 1. Tuning 2. Damper 3. Tangent 4. Anvil 5. Key 6. String 7. Pickup 8. Tailpiece]]
[[File:Hohner_Clavinet_D6.ogg|thumb|right|A Hohner Clavinet played through effects units and an amplifier]]
The Clavinet is an [[electromechanics|electromechanical]] instrument that is usually used in conjunction with a [[keyboard amplifier]]. Most models have 60 keys ranging from F1 to E6.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=246}}

The sound is produced by a harp of 60 tensioned steel strings placed diagonally below the key surface. Each key pivots on a fulcrum point at the rear, with a spring to return it. Beneath each key, a metal holder grips a small rubber pad. Pressing a key forces the pad to fret the string like a [[hammer on]] on a guitar. An [[Pickup (music technology)|electro-magnetic pickup]] turns the string vibration into an electric current. The feel of a clavinet comes from the impact of the pad striking its anvil point against the string.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=244, 246–247}} This makes the keyboard [[MIDI keyboard#Keyboard action|weighted]] which allows a different volume for each note like a piano and clavichord, along with [[aftertouch]] as the string is stretched.{{sfn|Vail|Carson|2000|p=273}}{{sfn|Brice|2001|p=101}}

The end of each string farthest from the pick-ups passes through a weave of yarn, which damps the vibrating string after a key is released. Each string is tuned by a machine-head positioned along the front of the harp.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=247}} This harp mechanism is different from the other [[Hohner]] keyboard instruments, the [[Cembalet]] and [[Pianet]], which have pads plucking metal [[Reed (instrument)|reeds]].{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|pp=134, 259}} Most clavinets have two sets of pickups encased in [[epoxy]] in a plastic case, positioned above and below the strings. These are conceptually similar to a neck and bridge pickup on a guitar. The Clavinet has pickup selector switches, and a solid state [[preamplifier]] that allows a [[line level]] output to be fed to an amplifier.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=247}} The volume of the preamplifier can be set by a control to the left of the keyboard.{{sfn|Lenhoff|Robertson|2019|p=250}}