sound post

See also: soundpost

English

a soundpost just visible through the f-hole of a violin

Alternative forms

• soundpost, sound-post

Etymology

From sound +‎ post.

Noun

sound post (plural sound posts)

1. (lutherie) A wooden rod located inside the body of a violin-family instrument, close to the treble-side bridge foot.

Derived terms

• sound post setter

Translations

wooden rod inside a musical instrument

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: ànima (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 音柱 (yīnzhù)

• Czech: duše (cs) f
• Danish: stemmestok c
• Dutch: stapel (nl) m, ziel (nl) f
• Finnish: pinna (fi), äänipuikko
• French: âme (fr) f
• German: Stimmstock m
• Greek: ψυχή (el) f (psychí)
• Hungarian: lélek (hu)
• Italian: anima (it) f
• Japanese: 魂柱 (こんちゅう, konchū)
• Korean: 버팀막대 (beotimmakdae)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lydpinne m, stemmestokk m

• Persian: پل (fa) (pol)
• Polish: dusza (pl) f
• Portuguese: alma (pt) f
• Russian: дужка (ru) (dužka), душка (ru) (duška)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ljudpinne (sv) c

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• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} kõlapulk