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.
At this time last year, it had rained 8.5 inches at the rain gauge at Lagunitas, and the long-term average for early December is 10.2 inches. This time, it already has rained 22 inches and counting. Storage at seven lakes is at 87 percent of capacity, compared with the long-term average of 65 percent for this date.