endpin
nounEtymology From end + pin.
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Arts, Crafts, Entertainment, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Lutherie, Music The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
- 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 The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2020: