No Accounting for Taste

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Hint 1: If one item is a musical instrument, the other must be a weapon. Hint 2: A quick Dictionary dot com search should provide most of the answers. Hint 3: The Clavicembalo is a musical instrument and the Pappenheimer is a weapon. Hint 4: The full solution and keyword is found in the next block of text. If you do not wish to be spoiled, please do not continue. The Solution: 1. Badelaire 2. Hand-and-a-half

3. Spitfrog

4. Shotel

5. Wakizashi

6. Whinyard

7. Estoc

8. Tranchefer

9. Pappenheimer

10. Schiavone

11. Bilbo Baggins

The middle sword (your Keyword), when ordered alphabetically, is "Schiavone".