Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a lathe, the tail-piece, or back-center pin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mach.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The centre in the
spindle of a turninglathe . - noun The
endpin of amusical instrument .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In original condition most of the old Italian violins would not give further trouble, but some later or middle period ones, instead of the small piece of ebony or other hard substance slightly inserted or laid half way through the table, have an ebony nut going quite through and down in a triangular form nearly to the tailpin.
The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879
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I just saw a 1965 F-12 on ebay ( "1965 Gibson F-12 Mandolin - F5 F-5 Scroll - PRICE DROP") - not mine, though the missing tailpin had me going - which inspired this action.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I just saw a 1965 F-12 on ebay ( "1965 Gibson F-12 Mandolin - F5 F-5 Scroll - PRICE DROP") - not mine, though the missing tailpin had me going - which inspired this action.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I had two Barcus-Berry Hot Dots implanted in the feet of the bridge, covered with a veneer, the wires running into the f-holes and out through a 1 / 4 "tailpin endjack.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I had two Barcus-Berry Hot Dots implanted in the feet of the bridge, covered with a veneer, the wires running into the f-holes and out through a 1 / 4 "tailpin endjack.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I had two Barcus-Berry Hot Dots implanted in the feet of the bridge, covered with a veneer, the wires running into the f-holes and out through a 1 / 4 "tailpin endjack.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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I had two Barcus-Berry Hot Dots implanted in the feet of the bridge, covered with a veneer, the wires running into the f-holes and out through a 1 / 4 "tailpin endjack.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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