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2. Nut (string instrument) - Wikipedia

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   A nut, on a stringed musical instrument, is a small piece of hard material that supports the strings at the end closest to the headstock or scroll.The nut marks one end of the vibrating length of each open string, sets the spacing of the strings across the neck, and usually holds the strings at the proper height from the fingerboard.

3. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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   Violin pegbox, retouched image Medieval bone tuning pin. One end is pierced for the string; the other is squared off to fit in a tuning lever socket. The middle section, which would pass through the wood, is tapered. A variety of methods are used to tune different stringed instruments.

4. Guitar - Wikipedia

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   Some guitars (such as Steinbergers) do not have headstocks at all, in which case the tuning machines are located elsewhere, either on the body or the bridge. The nut is a small strip of bone, plastic, brass, corian, graphite, stainless steel, or other medium-hard material, at the joint where the headstock meets the fretboard. Its grooves guide ...

5. Zero fret - Wikipedia

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   Zero fret on a Hopf Saturn 63 electric guitar. A zero fret is a fret placed at the headstock end of the neck of a banjo, guitar, mandolin, or bass guitar.It serves one of the functions of a nut: holding the strings the correct distance above the other frets on the instrument's fretboard.

6. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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   Every key generates one or more sounds; most keyboard instruments have extra means (pedals for a piano, stops and a pedal keyboard for an organ) to manipulate these sounds. They may produce sound by wind being fanned ( organ ) or pumped ( accordion ), [ 135 ] [ 136 ] vibrating strings either hammered ( piano ) or plucked ( harpsichord ), [ 137 ...

7. Costco's Healthiest Prepared Foods to Start the New Year Right

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   Goat Cheese, Pecan, and Mixed Green Salad. This premade salad consists of mixed greens, pecans, dried cranberries, bell peppers, tomatoes, red onions, and goat cheese with a honey vinaigrette. The ...

8. Bridge (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   On a cello, the strings are attached to the tailpiece and are held above the soundboard by the bridge.. A bridge is a device that supports the strings on a stringed musical instrument and transmits the vibration of those strings to another structural component of the instrument—typically a soundboard, such as the top of a guitar or violin—which transfers the sound to the surrounding air.

9. Markets wary of Fed rate plans, China retail disappoints - AOL

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   SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) -Shares around the world nudged lower on Monday on soft economic numbers from China and Europe and as surging bond yields challenged equity valuations, at the start of a ...