tailpieces
Violin string mounts
Tailpieces is the plural of tailpiece, which refers to something attached at the end or rear.
On stringed instruments like violins and guitars, the tailpiece anchors the strings at the body's lower end.
In printing, a tailpiece is a decorative element at the end of a chapter or section.
More generally, any concluding part or appendage: The report's tailpieces included supplementary data.
Decorative top element
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
fretwork · pendant · adornment · embellishment · acanthus · cartouche · frieze · carving
Bowed string instrument
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- violaMidrange bowed instrument
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
mandolin · ebony · rosewood · boxwood · tuning · strings · anchor · bridge
Final portion of something
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- epilogueConcluding literary section
- codaClosing musical passage
- postscriptEnd-of-letter addition
afterword · envoi · peroration · closing · sign-off · wrap-up · addendum · supplement
finial
Decorative top element
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
filigree · fretwork · pendant · adornment · embellishment · acanthus · cartouche · frieze · carving · ornament
violin
Bowed string instrument
guitar · mandolin · ebony · rosewood · boxwood · tuning · strings · anchor · bridge · saddle
ending
Final portion of something
postscript · afterword · envoi · peroration · closing · sign-off · wrap-up · addendum · supplement · appendix
ornament
Thing that beautifies
- vignetteBrief evocative description
- fleuronTypographic floral decoration
- dingbatDecorative printing symbol
flourish · decoration · glyph · arabesque · swash · border · rule · motif · embellishment · bullet
colophon
Book's production statement
- endpaperLeaf connecting binding, cover
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
folio · recto · verso · leaf · headband · binding · ornament · imprint · device · vignette
- bookbindingbookbinding, bookbinder, sewing, hand-bound, leather repair
- typographic ornamentsdingbats, flourishes, swashes, filigree, arabesques
- instrument gearviolin strings, strings, reeds, picks, guitar picks
- manuscriptscodex, codices, folio, folios, papyri
tailpiecestuning pegs
String tension adjusters
pegboxes · headstocks · machine heads · nuts · tuners
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Ornamental head coverings
frontispieces · preambles · forewords · prefaces · title pages
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Ornamental head coverings
front ends · preambles · introductions · beginnings · openings