Confidence votes 471. The harpsichord produces sound by strings being plucked by quills. The piano is now more widely used because its strings are instead hammered, which gives it more power and dynamic versatility than the harpsichord.
Rainfall/ Precipitation in Mendoza, Argentina. Mendoza is endowed with on average 231.1 mm (9.1 in) of rainfall per year, or 19.3 mm (0.8 in) per month. The driest weather is in August when an average of 4.8 mm (0.2 in) of rainfall (precipitation) occurs. The wettest weather is in February when an average of 43 mm (1.7 in) of rainfall (precipitation) occurs.
Rainfall has been no stranger to the Chicago suburbs in recent days. In DuPage County, high rainfall rates were recorded at Carol Stream WWTF, which had 3.26 inches of rain in the past day, and at the Elmhurst Quarry in Elmhurst, which saw 3.03 inches of rain in 24 hours.