ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Archicembalo

Ok kiddo, have you ever played the piano before? Archicembalo is kinda like a special type of piano that helps play music with really beautiful and complicated sounds that regular pianos can’t do.

You see, regular pianos have 88 keys that make different notes when you press them, but archicembalos have even more keys - some of them are in-between the regular keys! This means that you can play even more notes and create new, fancy sounds that regular pianos can’t.

Archicembalos are also built very differently than regular pianos. The strings are placed at different angles and the keys are shorter and wider. This way, when you play them, they make sounds that are really unique and special.

Archicembalos were invented a really long time ago, back in the 16th century when people were trying to create new ways to make beautiful music. And even today, some people still use them to play really old music or create new music that sounds really pretty and different.

So that’s archicembalo - a special type of piano with more keys and a unique design that makes really cool sounds.