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overstring
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 ― Pianofort... Oxford English Dictionary
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ˈoverˈstrung, pa. pple. and ppl. a. (stress shifting) [over- 28 c; and pa. pple. of overstring v.] 1. Too highly strung; intensely strained.1810 Scott Lady of L. iii. vi, With fired brain and nerves o'erstrung. 1892 Zangwill Bow Mystery 114 The overstrung nerves of the onlookers. 2. Of a piano: Havi... Oxford English Dictionary
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