a very old instrument the harpsichord now it experienced its heyday from the fifteenth to eighteenth century mainly in baroque music well today you will still see the harpsichord appear as part of a full orchestra but thanks to rondo it's taking center stage again. the harpsichord many think of it as an instrument from long ago fragile and sensitive but that's not quite true. it's a sensitive instrument when it comes to musical expression up there so that's the most physically it's very robust if you don't have to worry that you're too rough with it.