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 averages about 152 cm (60 in) a year along the eastern frontier with Brazil, gradually diminishing toward the west to an average of 127 cm (50 in) along the Paraguay River and 76 cm (30 in) in the Chaco. AsunciÃ³n has an annual average of about 130 cm (50 in), which is moderate for its latitude.