bass bar

English

A dismantled violin with the bass bar visible close to the centre of the top plate between the f-holes.

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Noun

bass bar (plural bass bars)

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

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