tuning pin
1tuning pin — noun see tuning peg …
2tuning peg — noun or tuning pin : an adjustable pin to which the strings (as of a piano or a violin) are fastened and by means of which the pitch may be varied the creak of tuning pegs in their sockets Mark Harris * * * tuning peg or tuning pin noun A peg on… …
3Tuning wrench — A tuning wrench (also called a tuning lever or tuning hammer) is a specialized socket wrench used to tune string instruments such as the piano, harp, and hammer dulcimer, that have strings wrapped around tuning pins with square heads. Other… …
4tuning — n. the process or a system of putting a musical instrument in tune. Phrases and idioms: tuning fork a two pronged steel fork that gives a particular note when struck, used in tuning. tuning peg (or pin etc.) a peg or pin etc. attached to the… …
5pin block — noun : a wooden block or plank in a piano into which the wrest pins are driven called also wrest plank * * * n. the part of a piano or harpsichord holding the tuning pins …
6Open C tuning — Open C tuning. Open C Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are CGCGCE.[1] It uses the three notes that form the triad of a C major chord: C, the root note; G, the perfect fifth; and E the major third. When the …
7hitch pin — noun : one of a row of slanting metal pins in a piano action to which the strings are attached at the ends opposite the tuning pins …
8Harpsichord — in the Flemish style Bach s Little Prelude in C major being played on a harpsichord. A harpsichord, also known by the name cembalo, is a musical instrument pla …
9Decker Brothers — Industry Piano manufacturer Fate Ceased operations Founded 1865 Defunct 1900 (approx.) Headquarters New York City, New York Key people David Decker, John Decker …
10Frederick Mathushek — (June 9, 1814 November 9, 1891), was a piano maker working in Worms, in Rhineland, Germany and in the United States at New York City and New Haven, Connecticut during the second half of the nineteenth century. His name continued to be used by… …
