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.
(water equivalent of rain and snow) at Tahoe City was 31.53 inches. The maximum was 69.2 inches in 1982. The minimum was 9.2 inches in 1977. 2013 was well below average, with 25.19 inches, following the previous dry year which had 22.48 inches of precipitation.