CLAVICEMBALO or GRAVICEMBALO, the Italian names for the clavicymbal or harpsichord. "Cymbal" (Gr. Kvµ(3aXov, from K5,4371, a hollow vessel) was the old European term for the dulcimer, and hence its place in the formation of the word. See PIANOFORTE; HARPSICHORD; SPINET; VIRGINAL.