| Well-Tempered Clavicle | |
| Author: | Piers Anthony |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Cover Artist: | Darrell K. Sweet |
| Genre: | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher: | Tor Books |
| Release Date: | 22 November 2011 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-7653-3134-2 |
| Preceded By: | Knot Gneiss |
| Followed By: | Luck of the Draw |
Well-Tempered Clavicle is the 35th book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. The title is a pun on the Bach musical work The Well-Tempered Clavier.
The back cover of the book states the following:
"When a walking skeleton named Picka Bones happens upon a trio of melodic pets and a lovely, lovelorn princess, his dull and passionless existence is suddenly filled with danger, excitement, and the temptations of the flesh. For a plague of appalling puns has been unleashed on Xanth, and only Picka's musical gifts have the power to save the enchanted realm from the dire monster who imperils it."