overˈstring, v. Pianoforte-making.
[over- 1, 10.]
trans. To arrange the strings of (a piano) in two (or three) sets crossing over one another obliquely. So overˈstringing vbl. n.
| 1880 Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 720/2 The invention of overstringing has had more than one claimant. 1896 ― Pianoforte 21 In overstrung grand pianos..the bars and scale are so adjusted as to overstring the bass at an angle which opens out in a double curve fan shape from the hammer striking-place down to the hitch-pins. Ibid. 22 Overstringing (sometimes double overstringing) prevails in the larger upright instruments of America and Germany. |