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HAMMER SHANK [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-07-04

English

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

A wooden dowel bearing a hammer in a piano action.

Key term(s)
  • hammer-shank

French

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

Le manche de marteau est un bâton de bois qui maintient la tête du marteau recouverte de feutre. Équipé d'un axe relié à l'olive, il permet le mouvement de levier et fait le lien entre la propulsion et la frappe.

Spanish

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