Tailpiece
Tailpiece This violin tailpiece has one fine tuner on the E string. The tailpiece, found on many musical instruments of the ... scroll or headstock. Function and construction Mandolin tailpiece, which simply anchors the strings solidly The function of the tailpiece is to anchor the strings, so ...
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Talk:Tailpiece
Talk:Tailpiece I think the page flows a bit ... better with fewer headers; everything on a tailpiece is pretty closely related to everything else ...
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Tremolo arm
... lever attached to the bridge and/or tailpiece of an electric guitar that can vary ... of three basic designs: The Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. The Fender synchronized tremolo. The Fender floating ... successful tremolo arm was the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, most often just called a Bigsby, and ... that rotates a cylindrical bar in the tailpiece, varying the string tension to create vibrato ... the bridge nut as well as the tailpiece. After crossing the bridge, the strings ...
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Violin construction and mechanics
... fittings. The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, and perhaps a chinrest, either attached directly over the tailpiece or to the left of it. Construction ... luthier to set it in place again. Tailpiece The tailpiece may be wood, metal, or plastic, ...
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Violin
... over, or to the left of, the tailpiece. A distinctive feature of a violin body ... adjusting the tone of the instrument. The tailpiece anchors the strings to the lower bout ... and are sometimes built in to the tailpiece. At the scroll end, the strings wind ... fine tuner screws, if present, at the tailpiece. Fine tuners permit the tension of the ... bridge, adjusting the tailgut and installing the tailpiece, and stringing up. A chinrest may ...
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Cello
... as boxwood or rosewood, can be used. Tailpiece and endpin The tailpiece and endpin are found at the opposite ... of the body as the neck. The tailpiece is traditionally made of ebony or another ... fine-tuners connecting the strings to the tailpiece, which make it much easier to tune ... sometimes placed on cello strings between the tailpiece and the bridge in order to ...
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Gibson Firebird
... Firebird I - 1 pickup. Combination stud bridge/tailpiece. Chrome hardware. Firebird III - 2 pickups, Tuneomatic bridge and Maestro standard Vibrola tailpiece. Chrome hardware. Firebird V - 2 pickups, Tuneomatic bridge and Maestro "Lyre" Vibrola tailpiece. Chrome hardware. Firebird VII - 3 pickups, Tuneomatic bridge and Maestro "Lyre" Vibrola tailpiece. Gold hardware. See also Gibson Explorer
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Gibson Les Paul
... the fretboard) and advise on the trapeze tailpiece. According to Gibson's president Ted McCarty ... guitar would become too heavy) and the tailpiece. For flash's sake, and to drive ... a one-piece, 'trapeze'-style bridge and tailpiece, in which the strings were fitted under ... out, and subsequent models saw the trapeze tailpiece changed to a standard Gibson design. (Les ...
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Chinrest
... Guarneri" type, which attaches centered over the tailpiece with a "cup" to the left, and a sort of "hump" covering the tailpiece. Other types attach to the left, usually ... does not touch or buzz against the tailpiece. Some players prefer the chinrest cup in ...
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Gadulka
... tuning peg at the top and the tailpiece at the bottom, passing over the bridge ... holes in the bridge (the sympathetics). The tailpiece is typically made out of bone, and ... strings. The strings are secured to the tailpiece by their ball ends. Tuning While various ...
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