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Endpin vs Tailpin - What's the difference?

endpin | tailpin |

As nouns the difference between endpin and tailpin

is that endpin is the spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor while tailpin is the centre in the spindle of a turning lathe.

endpin

English

(wikipedia endpin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music, lutherie) The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 8, author=Jesse Green, title=Let Her Entertain You. Please!, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}

    tailpin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The centre in the spindle of a turning lathe.
  • The endpin of a musical instrument.