单词 | sound-post |
释义 | sound-postn. A small peg of wood fixed beneath the bridge of a violin or similar instrument, serving as a support for the belly and as a connecting part between this and the back. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > lute- or viol-type parts > [noun] > other parts rib1578 rose1597 sound-hole1611 sound-post1688 purfle1706 bass-bar1833 purfling1833 sounding-post1838 corner1888 bout1889 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. B4v/1 The sound-posts that stand up within the body of a musical Instrument. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xv. 68 The bridge is a mile too high, and the sound-post absolutely down. 1833 T. Fardely tr. J. A. Otto Treat. Violin iv. 52 The sound-post should not be too high... On this much of the excellence of the tone depends. 1848 J. Bishop tr. J. A. Otto Treat. Violin (1875) 78 The chief function of the sound-post is to render normal the vibrations of the back and belly. 1884 H. R. Haweis My Musical Life I. 95 The sound-post—i.e. the little peg which bears the strain on the belly and back. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1688 |
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