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SOUND-BOARD [2 records]

Record 1 1995-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • String Instruments
DEF

In pianos, the wooden surface over which the strings are stretched, which serves as a resonator ...

CONT

Behind the strings is a varnished board; it is of very thin pine and is the sound-board ..., amplifying the sound of the strings and enhancing their tone-quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
CONT

Table d'harmonie. C'est l'âme du piano. Elle assure la résonance des cordes, d'où son autre nom de table de résonance. Elle est en épicéa, à fil serré, épaisse d'environ 8 mm. La table renforce et égalise à la fois tous les sons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de teclado
  • Instrumentos de cuerda
CONT

Al igual que el piano, [el clavicémbalo] dispone de una caja y una tapa armónica de resonancia cruzada por cuerdas; lo mismo que el violín y la guitarra, consta de una tapa armónica, unos laterales y un fondo que encierran un volumen de aire.

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Record 2 1988-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

the frame of the modern harp consists of the (...) curved neck, from which the strings descend to the slanting sound-board while the vertical pillar forms the third part of the triangle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
CONT

la grande harpe (...) possède un cadre métallique triangulaire comprenant: la table d'harmonie, qui s'élargit vers le bas, le cordier et un pilier vertical, qui lui confère sa rigidité.

Spanish

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