wrest plank — noun : pin block * * * wrest block or wrest plank noun (in a piano, etc) the board fitted with the wrest pins • • • Main Entry: ↑wrest … Useful english dictionary
Wrest — Wrest, n. 1. The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Active or moving power. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music. [1913 Webster] The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrest pin — Wrest Wrest, n. 1. The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Active or moving power. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music. [1913 Webster] The … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wrest block — noun : pin block * * * wrest block or wrest plank noun (in a piano, etc) the board fitted with the wrest pins • • • Main Entry: ↑wrest … Useful english dictionary
wrest — v. & n. v.tr. 1 force or wrench away from a person s grasp. 2 (foll. by from) obtain by effort or with difficulty. 3 distort into accordance with one s interests or views (wrest the law to suit themselves). n. archaic a key for tuning a harp or… … Useful english dictionary
Bartolomeo Cristofori — Photo of a 1726 portrait of Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original was lost in the Second World War. Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor… … Wikipedia
Jonas Chickering — (April 5, 1798 December 8, 1853) was an important piano manufacturer in Boston, Massachusetts.Jonas Chickering was born April 5, 1798 in Mason Village, and raised in nearby New Ipswich, New Hampshire where his father Abner Chickering kept a farm… … Wikipedia
pin block — noun : a wooden block or plank in a piano into which the wrest pins are driven called also wrest plank * * * n. the part of a piano or harpsichord holding the tuning pins … Useful english dictionary
Parsifal bell — A Parsifal bell (German: Parsifal Klavier Instrument ) is a stringed musical instrument designed as a substitute for the church bells that are called for in the score of Richard Wagner s opera Parsifal . The instrument was designed by Dr. Felix… … Wikipedia
Ruckers — The Ruckers family (variants: Ruckaert, Ruckaerts, Rucqueer, Rueckers, Ruekaerts, Ruijkers, Rukkers, Rycardt) were Flemish harpsichord and virginal makers based in Antwerp in the 16th and 17th century whose influence stretched well into the 18th… … Wikipedia
