endpin

English

Etymology

end +‎ pin

Noun

endpin (plural endpins)

1. (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^[1]:

     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.

2. (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton.

Translations

spike of a musical instrument

• French: pique (fr) f
• Italian: pirone m

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