单词 | hitch-pin |
释义 | hitch-pinn. In a pianoforte, The pin to which each string is attached at its fixed end, opposite to the tuning- or wrest-pin. Also attributive, as hitchpin-block. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > wrest block or pin pinblock1704 wrest-pin1783 wrest block1787 wrest-plank1799 string-block1851 tuning-pin1877 hitch-pin1878 string-pin1889 1878 A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Music I. 468 A hitchpin-block for the attachment of the other ends of the strings. 1881 Grove Dict. Music III. 194 The merit of Hans Ruckers..was his..boldly attaching the strings to hitchpins on the soundboard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1878 |
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