action

en-noun

action (countable and uncountable, plural actions)

→ Arabic: أَكْشِن (ʔakšin)

→ Bulgarian: екшън (ekšǎn)

→ German: Action

→ Irish: aicsean

→ Hebrew: אקשן (akshn)

→ Japanese: アクション (akushon)

→ Korean: 액션 (aeksyeon)

→ Russian: экшн (ekšn)

From Middle English accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āctus + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti; see also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.

der

You're getting fret buzz because the action is too low.

(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.

kielen korkeus

music: distance separating the strings and the fretboard


button

→ German: Button

→ Hindi: बटन (baṭan)

→ Gujarati: બટન (baṭan)

→ Korean: 버튼 (beoteun)

→ Maori: pātene

→ Marathi: बटण (baṭaṇ)

→ Urdu: بٹن (baṭan)

From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. Doublet of Biden and beat. More at butt.

(lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.

(lutherie) Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.

(lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.


bridge

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”).
Cognate with Scots brig, brigg, breeg (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Danish brygge (“wharf”), Icelandic brygga (“pier”), Gaulish briua (“bridge”).
The verb is from Middle English briggen, from Old English brycġian (“to bridge, make a causeway, pave”), derived from the noun. Cognate with Dutch bruggen (“to bridge”), Middle Low German bruggen (“to bridge”), Old High German bruccōn (“to bridge”) (whence Modern German brücken).
The musical connection sense is a semantic loan from German Steg, from Old High German steg.

ацҳа

construction or natural feature that spans a divide

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it

(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.

မြင်းမိုရ်

(music, lutherie) piece on string instruments


flame

en-noun

flame (countable and uncountable, plural flames)

From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ.

der

The cello has a two-piece back with a beautiful narrow flame.

(music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.


nut

→ Japanese: ナット (natto)

From Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (“nut”), from a root *knu- possibly shared with Proto-Celtic *knūs and Latin nux (“nut”). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin.
See also West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, Norwegian nøtt.

dió

walnut in particular and an element in the name of some other nuts

dióféle

literally: ’walnut-like’, the family of this fruit

walnuts, hazelnuts/peanuts, chestnuts, and related fruits

even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while

(music, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.

yläsatula

musical instruments: small piece that holds the strings at the proper spacing


Seele

de-noun

Seele f (genitive Seele, plural Seelen, diminutive Seelchen n)

Seele (genitive)
Seelen (plural)
Seelchen (diminutive neuter)
Seele (nominative singular)
Seelen (definite nominative plural)
Seele (genitive singular)
Seelen (definite genitive plural)
Seele (dative singular)
Seelen (dative definite plural)
Seele (accusative singular)
Seelen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German sēle, from Old High German sēula, sēla, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. Cognate with Low German Seel, Dutch ziel, English soul, Danish sjæl.
The type of bread is probably related to Allerseelen (“All Souls' Day”).


anima

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.

the innermost part of something:
(lutherie) sound post

the innermost part of something:
sound post


curl

From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), of unknown origin; possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian krull (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to grind, crush, gnash”).

unk

unknown

cog

The one-piece back is of a medium curl.

(music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.

loimukuvio

music: light and dark figure seen in wood


spike

From Middle English spike, spyke, spik, from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-Germanic *spīkō (“stick, splinter, point”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“to be pointed; sharp point, stick”). Cognate with Icelandic spík (“spike”), Swedish spik (“spike, nail”), Dutch spijker (“nail”), Old English spīcing (“spike”), and Latin spīca (“ear of corn”), which may have influenced some senses.

шпайкове

informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles


chevalet

(lutherie) bridge (of guitar, violin, etc.)


winding

en-noun

winding (countable and uncountable, plural windings)

The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“directional change, curve, turn; bend of the leg at the knee; meandering course of a river; act of turning and twisting; twisting of things (especially thread) together; wrapping of a cloth around something; wattling of a structure; wattle(s); ornamentation with interwoven patterns; hoisting of something”) [and other forms], and then partly:
* from winden, wynden (“to go, move; to move forcefully or suddenly; to direct, guide, lead; to go along a meandering or twisting course; to move in a circular pattern, revolve, turn; to move restlessly, toss and turn; to wriggle free; to move with a turning or twisting motion, bend, turn, twist; to form or mould (something) in one’s hands; to mix together; to cover; to clothe, dress; to wrap (a baby, a corpse, etc.); to encircle, surround; to bind; to interlace; to winch; (figurative) to conceal, disguise; to embroil, involve”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs).; and
* from Old English windung (“woven object”), from windan (“to twist, wind; to circle, curl, eddy, spiral”) (from Proto-Germanic *windaną (“to wind; to wrap”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; to wind”)) + -ung (suffix forming nouns denoting a verbal action or something involved in a verbal action).
The adjective is derived from the verb.
The English word is analysable as wind (“to turn coils of (a cord, etc.) around something; to encircle, enfold, entwist, wrap; to travel in a way that is not straight”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).

suffix

(lutherie) Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”)


scroll

From Middle English scrowle, scrolle, from earlier scrowe, scrouwe (influenced by Middle English rolle), from Old French escroe, escrowe, escrouwe (“scroll, strip of parchment”), from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, from *skrew- (“to cut; cutting tool”), extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Doublet of shred and escrow.

(lutherie) The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.


ouïe

Deverbal of ouïr, corresponding to Latin audīta < audītus. Compare Occitan ausida, Catalan oïda, Spanish oído, Portuguese ouvido, Italian udito, Romansch udida, Friulian uldide.


coulisse

→ Catalan: colís

→ Dutch: coulisse

→ English: coulisse

→ German: Kulisse

→ Polish: kulisa

→ Crimean Tatar: kulisa

→ Hungarian: kulissza

→ Spanish: colisa

→ Swedish: kuliss

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) underslide, underslide channel


Schnecke

de-noun

Schnecke f (genitive Schnecke, plural Schnecken, diminutive Schneckchen n or Schnecklein n)

Schnecke (genitive)
Schnecken (plural)
Schneckchen (diminutive neuter)
Schnecklein (diminutive neuter)
Schnecke (nominative singular)
Schnecken (definite nominative plural)
Schnecke (genitive singular)
Schnecken (definite genitive plural)
Schnecke (dative singular)
Schnecken (dative definite plural)
Schnecke (accusative singular)
Schnecken (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: šnek

→ Kashubian: sznëka

→ Polish: sznek (Culmland) / → szneka (Greater Poland)

From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.

(lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)


saddle

→ Japanese: サドル (sadoru)

Homer Tunnel
Milford Sound
Oxford English Dictionary

From Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz (“saddle”). Further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sod-dʰlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting instruments or tools)), though the Oxford English Dictionary says this “presents formal difficulties”.
cognates
* Danish sadel
* Dutch zadel
* German Sattel
* Icelandic söðull
* Low German Sadel
* Russian седло́ (sedló)
* Saterland Frisian Soadel
* Scots sadil
* Swedish sadel
* West Frisian seal

saal

seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal

satula

something resembling a saddle in appearance or shape

satula

depression located along the axial trend of an anticline

Something resembling a saddle (sense 1) in appearance or shape.

The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.

satula

A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.

satula

small object at the bottom of a string instrument below the tailpiece on which the tailgut rests


relic

From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“I leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

One of the primary targets of current and especially future cosmological observations are light thermal relics of the hot big bang.

2019, Wallisch, Benjamin, “Abstract”, in Cosmological Probes of Light Relics, page ix:

(cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.


garniture

Inherited from Middle French garniture, from Old French garneture, garnesture, from Old French garnir. Compare Anglo-Norman warnesture, warniture, whence Middle English warnestore, warnestoure.

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) lapping, winding


âme

Inherited from Middle French ame, amme, from Old French ame, anme, anima, from Latin anima.


ziel

nl-noun

ziel f (plural zielen, diminutive zieltje n)

zielen (plural)
zieltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: siel

Negerhollands: siel, zil

→ Sranan Tongo: sili

From Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch *siola, contraction of an earlier *sēola (compare Old Saxon sēola), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. The attested Old Dutch form sēla, with a different form of contraction, would have led to modern Dutch *zeel as in German Seele. Further cognate with Low German Seel, West Frisian siel, English soul.

Ook de ziel is losgekomen en rolt heen en weer in de klankkast.

2016, Marcel Cohen, translated by Katelijne De Vuyst, Het innerlijke toneel. Feiten, Athenaeum:


Sattel

de-noun

Sattel m (strong, genitive Sattels, plural Sättel)

Sattels (genitive)
Sättel (plural)
Sattel (nominative singular)
Sättel (definite nominative plural)
Sattels (genitive singular)
Sättel (definite genitive plural)
Sattel (dative singular)
Sätteln (dative definite plural)
Sattel (accusative singular)
Sättel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German satel, from Old High German satal, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz. Cognate with Old Norse sǫðull, Old English sadol, Dutch zadel, English saddle.

(music, lutherie) nut of a string instrument (supporting strings at the head end)


volute

(music, lutherie) scroll (of a musical instrument)


lapping

en-noun

lapping (countable and uncountable, plural lappings)

From Middle English lapping, lappyng, lappinge, equivalent to lap + -ing.

(lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.


پل

پُل (canonical)
pol (romanization)
پلها (plural)

→ Bengali: পুল (pul)

→ Romani: phurt

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭫𐭩 (puhl, “bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (compare English ford, German Furt, and Latin portus).


fingerboard

(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


שבלול

he-noun

שַׁבְּלוּלִים

שַׁבְּלוּלֵי

שַׁבְּלוּל • (shablul) m (plural indefinite שַׁבְּלוּלִים, singular construct שַׁבְּלוּל־, plural construct שַׁבְּלוּלֵי־)

שַׁבְּלוּל (canonical)
shablul (romanization)
שַׁבְּלוּלִים (indefinite plural)
שַׁבְּלוּל־ (construct singular)
שַׁבְּלוּלֵי־ (construct plural)

(lutherie) scroll (the carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head)


sunburst

en-noun

sunburst (countable and uncountable, plural sunbursts)

The L-30 was finished all over in black, the L-37 in sunburst.

1996, Ken Achard, The History and Development of the American Guitar, page 10:

(uncountable) A style of finish for musical instruments such as guitars, having an area of lighter color (often showing the wood grain underneath) that darkens gradually towards a dark outer rim.


duše

duše (nominative singular)
duše (nominative plural)
duše (genitive singular)
duší (genitive plural)
duši (dative singular)
duším (dative plural)
duši (accusative singular)
duše (accusative plural)
duše (singular vocative)
duše (plural vocative)
duši (locative singular)
duších (locative plural)
duší (instrumental singular)
dušemi (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech dušě, from Proto-Slavic *duša.


hausse

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) frog (of a bow)


dusza

duszka (diminutive)
dusza (nominative singular)
dusze (nominative plural)
duszy (genitive singular)
dusz (genitive plural)
duszy (dative singular)
duszom (dative plural)
duszę (accusative singular)
dusze (accusative plural)
duszą (instrumental singular)
duszami (instrumental plural)
duszy (locative singular)
duszach (locative plural)
duszo (singular vocative)
dusze (plural vocative)


purfling

The purfling on this violin is exceptionally beautiful.

(music, chiefly lutherie) Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint.


stapel

nl-noun

stapel m (plural stapels, diminutive stapeltje n)

stapels (plural)
stapeltje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Javanese: setabel

→ Papiamentu: stapel

From Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapal, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz. Doublet of etappe.


ślimak

ślimak (nominative singular)
ślimaki (nominative plural)
ślimaku (genitive singular)
ślimaków (genitive plural)
ślimakowi (dative singular)
ślimakom (dative plural)
ślimak (accusative singular)
ślimaki (accusative plural)
ślimakiem (instrumental singular)
ślimakami (instrumental plural)
ślimaku (locative singular)
ślimakach (locative plural)
ślimaku (singular vocative)
ślimaki (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish ślimak, from Proto-Slavic *slimakъ.


żabka

żabka (nominative singular)
żabki (nominative plural)
żabki (genitive singular)
żabek (genitive plural)
żabce (dative singular)
żabkom (dative plural)
żabkę (accusative singular)
żabki (accusative plural)
żabką (instrumental singular)
żabkami (instrumental plural)
żabce (locative singular)
żabkach (locative plural)
żabko (singular vocative)
żabki (plural vocative)


mèche

→ Italian: mèche

→ Portuguese: mecha

→ Sicilian: mecciu

→ Turkish: meç

Inherited from Old French mesche, via Late Latin *micca or Vulgar Latin *mysca, alteration of Latin myxa (“sebesten tree”).


fijnstemmer

fijnstemmer m (plural fijnstemmers, diminutive fijnstemmertje n)

fijnstemmers (plural)
fijnstemmertje (diminutive neuter)

(music, lutherie) fine tuner (e.g. on a violin)


klankgat

klankgat n (plural klankgaten, diminutive klankgaatje n)

klankgaten (plural)
klankgaatje (diminutive neuter)

(music, lutherie) f-hole (e.g. of a violin)


krul

krul f or m (plural krullen, diminutive krulletje n)

krullen (plural)
krulletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krul

→ Caribbean Hindustani: kroru

→ Indonesian: kerul

→ Papiamentu: klerchi, krelchi (from the diminutive), krùl

From Middle Dutch crulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“that which is curled”), from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).

inh

(music, lutherie) a scroll (e.g. of a violin)


headstock

The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.


chinrest

(music, lutherie) A shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.


tailpiece

(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.


endpin

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.

2007 July 8, Jesse Green, “Let Her Entertain You. Please!”, in New York Times:

(music, lutherie) The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.


overstand

From Middle English overstonden, from Old English oferstandan (“to stand over”), equivalent to over- + stand. Cognate with Dutch overstaan (“to stand over”), German überstehen (“to stand through, survive”).

cog

(lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.


pegbox

(music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.


kerfing

Do you prefer bent solid linings or kerfings in your guitar? If kerfings, would you like regular or reversed kerfing?

(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.


sound post

(lutherie) A wooden rod located inside the body of a violin-family instrument, close to the treble-side bridge foot.


archetier

Yielding inexpensive means whereby his preternatural gifts could be awakened, puncheon strips were later put aside for that most desirable of all bow woods—pernambuco. It was about 1775 that fate ordained young Tourte to see what other archetiers had done, and then proceed to do it better.

1965, Music Journal - Volume 23, page 45:

Nowadays, the craft of the 'archetier', or bow maker, is entirely separated from that of the 'luthier', or instrument maker.

1999, Robin Stowell, The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, →ISBN, page 28:

The following are photographs of a few of the many ancient bows made by the contemporary master archetier Eitan Hoffer who operates a shop in Israel.

2015, Michael J. Pagliaro, The String Instrument Owner's Handbook, →ISBN, page 23:

(lutherie) One who builds, repairs, and restores the bows of instruments in the violin family.


violin maker

(lutherie) A person who makes violins, and usually other bowed stringed instruments such as violas, cellos and double basses.


tailgut

(music, lutherie) A cord which loops through the tailpiece and around the endpin of stringed musical instruments, and which is held at tension by a knot to secure the tailpiece to the body, traditionally made only of gut but now also made of nylon, wire and other synthetic materials.


sadel

sadel (indefinite nominative singular)
sadeln (definite nominative singular)
sadlar (indefinite nominative plural)
sadlarna (definite nominative plural)
sadels (genitive indefinite singular)
sadelns (definite genitive singular)
sadlars (genitive indefinite plural)
sadlarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse sǫðull, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

(music, lutherie) nut, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard


خرک

(music, lutherie) bridge (of a musical instrument)


afterlength

Some luthiers believe it to be important to tune the afterlengths.

(music, lutherie) The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.


琴頭

/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/kʰɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

(music) headstock (of a lute-type string instrument)


siodełko

siodełko (nominative singular)
siodełka (nominative plural)
siodełka (genitive singular)
siodełek (genitive plural)
siodełku (dative singular)
siodełkom (dative plural)
siodełko (accusative singular)
siodełka (accusative plural)
siodełkiem (instrumental singular)
siodełkami (instrumental plural)
siodełku (locative singular)
siodełkach (locative plural)
siodełko (singular vocative)
siodełka (plural vocative)


Schneck

head

Schneck f or m (plural Schneckn, diminutive Schneckerl)

Schneckn (plural)
Schneckerl (diminutive)

(lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)


rehair

en-verb

rehair (third-person singular simple present rehairs, present participle rehairing, simple past and past participle rehaired)

rehairs (present singular third-person)
rehairing (participle present)
rehaired (participle past)
rehaired (past)

Could you rehair my bow by tomorrow?

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) To renew the hair of the bow of a bowed string instrument.


rehair

I've heard he does excellent rehairs.

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) An instance of re-hairing.


reméchage

«Lors d’un reméchage à New York, le luthier se permit, sans consulter le violoniste, de retoucher la cambrure de la baguette qu’il ne jugeait pas correcte. […]. »

1996, Laurence Winthrop, Michel Winthrop, Arthur Grumiaux : gloire de l’école belge du violon, page 134:

During one rehair in New York the luthier even adjusted the camber of the stick, which he judged to be incorrect, without prior consultation with the violinist.


bow grip

I need a re-hair and a new bow grip but I can't afford either.

(music, lutherie) The small section of a stringed instrument's bow near the heel having grippy material such as goatskin leather or snakeskin wrapped tightly around the bow stick between the lapping and the frog, so as to facilitate it being held and to protect the stick.


underslide

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) The metal slide attached to the frog and sitting between the frog and the stick of a bow.


pointe aux âmes

fr-noun

pointe aux âmes f (plural pointes aux âmes)

Pour l’introduire par une des ouïes du violon on utilise un outil spécial et assez curieux appelé la pointe aux âmes.

1953, Stéphane Errard, “Chez les luthiers de Mirecourt”, in Le Pays Lorrain: revue trimestrielle illustrée, volume 11, number 2, Nancy: Berger-Levrault, page 51:

Prenant alors la pointe aux ames, vous enfoncez son côté pointu dans l’ame[…]

1834, J.-C. Maugin, Manuel du Luthier^(http://imslp.org/wiki/Manuel_du_Luthier_(Maugin%2C_J.-C.)), Paris: à la Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille, n° 10 bis., page 93:

Le placement de l’âme à l’intérieur de l’instrument se fait alors que celui-ci est terminé, en utilisant une pointe aux âmes.

2011, Joël Guy, La rivière coule vers sa source, Paris: Mon Petit Éditeur, →ISBN, page 122:

(music, lutherie) soundpost setter, soundpost setting tool


音柱

/in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

/jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

/in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

/jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/


äänipuikko

äänipuikko (nominative singular)
äänipuikot (nominative plural)
äänipuikko (accusative nominative singular)
äänipuikot (accusative nominative plural)
äänipuikon (accusative genitive singular)
äänipuikot (accusative genitive plural)
äänipuikon (genitive singular)
äänipuikkojen (genitive plural)
äänipuikkoa (partitive singular)
äänipuikkoja (partitive plural)
äänipuikossa (inessive singular)
äänipuikoissa (inessive plural)
äänipuikosta (elative singular)
äänipuikoista (elative plural)
äänipuikkoon (illative singular)
äänipuikkoihin (illative plural)
äänipuikolla (adessive singular)
äänipuikoilla (adessive plural)
äänipuikolta (ablative singular)
äänipuikoilta (ablative plural)
äänipuikolle (allative singular)
äänipuikoille (allative plural)
äänipuikkona (essive singular)
äänipuikkoina (essive plural)
äänipuikoksi (singular translative)
äänipuikoiksi (plural translative)
äänipuikotta (abessive singular)
äänipuikoitta (abessive plural)
äänipuikoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
äänipuikkoni (nominative singular)
äänipuikkoni (nominative plural)
äänipuikkoni (accusative nominative singular)
äänipuikkoni (accusative nominative plural)
äänipuikkoni (accusative genitive singular)
äänipuikkoni (accusative genitive plural)
äänipuikkoni (genitive singular)
äänipuikkojeni (genitive plural)
äänipuikkoani (partitive singular)
äänipuikkojani (partitive plural)
äänipuikossani (inessive singular)
äänipuikoissani (inessive plural)
äänipuikostani (elative singular)
äänipuikoistani (elative plural)
äänipuikkooni (illative singular)
äänipuikkoihini (illative plural)
äänipuikollani (adessive singular)
äänipuikoillani (adessive plural)
äänipuikoltani (ablative singular)
äänipuikoiltani (ablative plural)
äänipuikolleni (allative singular)
äänipuikoilleni (allative plural)
äänipuikkonani (essive singular)
äänipuikkoinani (essive plural)
äänipuikokseni (singular translative)
äänipuikoikseni (plural translative)
äänipuikottani (abessive singular)
äänipuikoittani (abessive plural)
äänipuikkoineni (comitative plural)
äänipuikkosi (nominative singular)
äänipuikkosi (nominative plural)
äänipuikkosi (accusative nominative singular)
äänipuikkosi (accusative nominative plural)
äänipuikkosi (accusative genitive singular)
äänipuikkosi (accusative genitive plural)
äänipuikkosi (genitive singular)
äänipuikkojesi (genitive plural)
äänipuikkoasi (partitive singular)
äänipuikkojasi (partitive plural)
äänipuikossasi (inessive singular)
äänipuikoissasi (inessive plural)
äänipuikostasi (elative singular)
äänipuikoistasi (elative plural)
äänipuikkoosi (illative singular)
äänipuikkoihisi (illative plural)
äänipuikollasi (adessive singular)
äänipuikoillasi (adessive plural)
äänipuikoltasi (ablative singular)
äänipuikoiltasi (ablative plural)
äänipuikollesi (allative singular)
äänipuikoillesi (allative plural)
äänipuikkonasi (essive singular)
äänipuikkoinasi (essive plural)
äänipuikoksesi (singular translative)
äänipuikoiksesi (plural translative)
äänipuikottasi (abessive singular)
äänipuikoittasi (abessive plural)
äänipuikkoinesi (comitative plural)
äänipuikkomme (nominative singular)
äänipuikkomme (nominative plural)
äänipuikkomme (accusative nominative singular)
äänipuikkomme (accusative nominative plural)
äänipuikkomme (accusative genitive singular)
äänipuikkomme (accusative genitive plural)
äänipuikkomme (genitive singular)
äänipuikkojemme (genitive plural)
äänipuikkoamme (partitive singular)
äänipuikkojamme (partitive plural)
äänipuikossamme (inessive singular)
äänipuikoissamme (inessive plural)
äänipuikostamme (elative singular)
äänipuikoistamme (elative plural)
äänipuikkoomme (illative singular)
äänipuikkoihimme (illative plural)
äänipuikollamme (adessive singular)
äänipuikoillamme (adessive plural)
äänipuikoltamme (ablative singular)
äänipuikoiltamme (ablative plural)
äänipuikollemme (allative singular)
äänipuikoillemme (allative plural)
äänipuikkonamme (essive singular)
äänipuikkoinamme (essive plural)
äänipuikoksemme (singular translative)
äänipuikoiksemme (plural translative)
äänipuikottamme (abessive singular)
äänipuikoittamme (abessive plural)
äänipuikkoinemme (comitative plural)
äänipuikkonne (nominative singular)
äänipuikkonne (nominative plural)
äänipuikkonne (accusative nominative singular)
äänipuikkonne (accusative nominative plural)
äänipuikkonne (accusative genitive singular)
äänipuikkonne (accusative genitive plural)
äänipuikkonne (genitive singular)
äänipuikkojenne (genitive plural)
äänipuikkoanne (partitive singular)
äänipuikkojanne (partitive plural)
äänipuikossanne (inessive singular)
äänipuikoissanne (inessive plural)
äänipuikostanne (elative singular)
äänipuikoistanne (elative plural)
äänipuikkoonne (illative singular)
äänipuikkoihinne (illative plural)
äänipuikollanne (adessive singular)
äänipuikoillanne (adessive plural)
äänipuikoltanne (ablative singular)
äänipuikoiltanne (ablative plural)
äänipuikollenne (allative singular)
äänipuikoillenne (allative plural)
äänipuikkonanne (essive singular)
äänipuikkoinanne (essive plural)
äänipuikoksenne (singular translative)
äänipuikoiksenne (plural translative)
äänipuikottanne (abessive singular)
äänipuikoittanne (abessive plural)
äänipuikkoinenne (comitative plural)
äänipuikkonsa (nominative singular)
äänipuikkonsa (nominative plural)
äänipuikkonsa (accusative nominative singular)
äänipuikkonsa (accusative nominative plural)
äänipuikkonsa (accusative genitive singular)
äänipuikkonsa (accusative genitive plural)
äänipuikkonsa (genitive singular)
äänipuikkojensa (genitive plural)
äänipuikkoaan (partitive singular)
äänipuikkoansa (partitive singular)
äänipuikkojaan (partitive plural)
äänipuikkojansa (partitive plural)
äänipuikossaan (inessive singular)
äänipuikossansa (inessive singular)
äänipuikoissaan (inessive plural)
äänipuikoissansa (inessive plural)
äänipuikostaan (elative singular)
äänipuikostansa (elative singular)
äänipuikoistaan (elative plural)
äänipuikoistansa (elative plural)
äänipuikkoonsa (illative singular)
äänipuikkoihinsa (illative plural)
äänipuikollaan (adessive singular)
äänipuikollansa (adessive singular)
äänipuikoillaan (adessive plural)
äänipuikoillansa (adessive plural)
äänipuikoltaan (ablative singular)
äänipuikoltansa (ablative singular)
äänipuikoiltaan (ablative plural)
äänipuikoiltansa (ablative plural)
äänipuikolleen (allative singular)
äänipuikollensa (allative singular)
äänipuikoilleen (allative plural)
äänipuikoillensa (allative plural)
äänipuikkonaan (essive singular)
äänipuikkonansa (essive singular)
äänipuikkoinaan (essive plural)
äänipuikkoinansa (essive plural)
äänipuikokseen (singular translative)
äänipuikoksensa (singular translative)
äänipuikoikseen (plural translative)
äänipuikoiksensa (plural translative)
äänipuikottaan (abessive singular)
äänipuikottansa (abessive singular)
äänipuikoittaan (abessive plural)
äänipuikoittansa (abessive plural)
äänipuikkoineen (comitative plural)
äänipuikkoinensa (comitative plural)

sound post (dowel located in the interior of an instrument of the violin family)


bass bar

(lutherie) A narrow length of wood affixed to, or occasionally carved from, the inside of the top plate of a violin-family instrument.


endbutton

(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.

bouton

wooden plug in the end of the instrument


wolf eliminator

en-noun

wolf eliminator (plural wolf eliminators)

A device which serves to counteract an instrument's wolf note.


mensur

This is a slightly odd mensur for instruments tuned to a modern pitch of A-440 as it is slightly short for an instrument in F, which would be more comfortable at 65 cm or 66 cm, and it is too long for an instrument in G, which is more comfortable at 60cm or 61cm.

2005, Daniel Larson, “A Set of Vihuelas: Matching Tone for Polyphonic Music”, in Lute Society of America Quarterly, volume 40, number 2, Lexington, Virginia: Lute Society of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:

In general gut tensions run toward the high end for a given mensur at a diameter equal to an equivalent nylon string, which would seem consistent with the 20% or so higher density of gut.

2000 December 28, Dan O'Mara [username], “Gut vs Nylon string tension”, in rec.music.makers.bowed-strings (Usenet):

His works show reasonably accurate workmanship, but at times his violin-making production is characterised by models that are too personal, leading to the size of the mensur being too long.

2002, Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini, editors, La liuteria lombarda del '900, Twentieth century Lombard violin making, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana Editoriale, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150:

(lutherie) The measurement of the length of the vibrating string from the nut to the bridge.


شیطانک

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شیطانک • (šeytânak) (plural شیطانکها (šeytânak-hâ))

šeytânak (romanization)
شیطانکها (plural)


سیم‌گیر

سیمگیر • (sim-gir) (plural سیمگیرها (sim-gir-hâ))

سیمگیر (canonical)
sim-gir (romanization)
سیمگیرها (plural)

(music, lutherie) tailpiece, or something which secures a string or wire


หย่อง

th-noun

หย่อง • (yɔ̀ng)


podstrunnik

podstrunnik (nominative singular)
podstrunniki (nominative plural)
podstrunnika (genitive singular)
podstrunników (genitive plural)
podstrunnikowi (dative singular)
podstrunnikom (dative plural)
podstrunnik (accusative singular)
podstrunniki (accusative plural)
podstrunnikiem (instrumental singular)
podstrunnikami (instrumental plural)
podstrunniku (locative singular)
podstrunnikach (locative plural)
podstrunniku (singular vocative)
podstrunniki (plural vocative)


podstrunnica

podstrunnica (nominative singular)
podstrunnice (nominative plural)
podstrunnicy (genitive singular)
podstrunnic (genitive plural)
podstrunnicy (dative singular)
podstrunnicom (dative plural)
podstrunnicę (accusative singular)
podstrunnice (accusative plural)
podstrunnicą (instrumental singular)
podstrunnicami (instrumental plural)
podstrunnicy (locative singular)
podstrunnicach (locative plural)
podstrunnico (singular vocative)
podstrunnice (plural vocative)


肩托

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/kiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/kiːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³/


Obersattel

de-noun

Obersattel m (strong, genitive Obersattels, plural Obersättel)

Obersattels (genitive)
Obersättel (plural)
Obersattel (nominative singular)
Obersättel (definite nominative plural)
Obersattels (genitive singular)
Obersättel (definite genitive plural)
Obersattel (dative singular)
Obersätteln (dative definite plural)
Obersattel (accusative singular)
Obersättel (accusative definite plural)

(music, lutherie) nut of a string instrument (support for strings at the head end)


Untersattel

Untersattel m (strong, genitive Untersattels, plural Untersättel)

Untersattels (genitive)
Untersättel (plural)
Untersattel (nominative singular)
Untersättel (definite nominative plural)
Untersattels (genitive singular)
Untersättel (definite genitive plural)
Untersattel (dative singular)
Untersätteln (dative definite plural)
Untersattel (accusative singular)
Untersättel (accusative definite plural)

(music, lutherie) bridge of an acoustic guitar (support for strings on sounding board)


Stegeinlage

Stegeinlage f (genitive Stegeinlage, plural Stegeinlagen)

Stegeinlage (genitive)
Stegeinlagen (plural)
Stegeinlage (nominative singular)
Stegeinlagen (definite nominative plural)
Stegeinlage (genitive singular)
Stegeinlagen (definite genitive plural)
Stegeinlage (dative singular)
Stegeinlagen (dative definite plural)
Stegeinlage (accusative singular)
Stegeinlagen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈʃteːkˌʔaɪ̯nlaːɡə/


Stimmstock

Stimmstock m (strong, genitive Stimmstockes or Stimmstocks, plural Stimmstöcke)

Stimmstockes (genitive)
Stimmstocks (genitive)
Stimmstöcke (plural)
Stimmstock (nominative singular)
Stimmstöcke (definite nominative plural)
Stimmstockes (genitive singular)
Stimmstocks (genitive singular)
Stimmstöcke (definite genitive plural)
Stimmstock (dative singular)
Stimmstocke (dative singular)
Stimmstöcken (dative definite plural)
Stimmstock (accusative singular)
Stimmstöcke (accusative definite plural)


Schneckn

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Schneckn f (plural Schneckn, diminutive Schneckerl)

Schneckn (plural)
Schneckerl (diminutive)
Carinthia (Bavarian Central East)
Tyrol (Bavarian Central East)
Vienna (Bavarian Central East)