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It is a harpsichord, a baroque keyboard instrument that was very popular before the piano was invented.
Basso continuo, sometimes just called _¾_continuo_¾, was played by a keyboard instrument and another bass instrument such as cello, violone (an old form of double bass) or bassoon. The keyboard instrument was normally a harpsichord or, if it was being played in a church, an organ.
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A rapid baroque keyboard piece is called a toccata, from an Italian word meaning to touch. The toccata is a free form and not strictly limited to the baroque era.
Harpsichord and pipe organ.