endpin
English
Etymology
end + pin
Noun
endpin (plural endpins)
- (music, lutherie) The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
- 2007 July 8, Jesse Green, “Let Her Entertain You. Please!”, in New York Times:
- Among the ensemble’s strange, outmoded, “original” instruments — the feral horns, sour violins, wooden flutes, cellos without endpins — she seemed right at home, despite her Broadway provenance.
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- (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton.
Translations
spike of a musical instrument
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