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overstrung
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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overstrung
overstrungadj1 / ˌəuvəˈstrʌŋ; `ovɚ`strʌŋ/ (of a person) too sensitive and nervous; easily excited（指人）太敏感而紧张的, 易激动的 She was tense and overstrung before the performance. 她在演出前过於紧张.2 / ˈəuvəstrʌŋ; `ovɚ`strʌŋ/ (of a piano) with strings in sets crossing each other at an oblique angle （指钢琴）琴弦斜向交叉的. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Fistmele
A bow is said to be "overstrung" when this distance is exceeded. wikipedia.org
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Cross-stringing
Some Challen pianos made in the 1920s are "double overstrung", where the strings are at 3 different heights and cross over in 2 different locations. wikipedia.org
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underdamper
ˈunderdamper [under-1 5 b.] Any of the set of dampers in an upright piano of a type in which the dampers are placed below the hammers. Freq. attrib.1870 E. Brinsmead Hist. Pianoforte 74 Square piano action, with under dampers, and a screw in each key. 1909 Northampton Independent 30 Oct. 29/2 (Advt.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jonas Chickering
workmen and amounting to $250,000 loss, as well as all the tools and patterns, and a nearly completed prototype for a grand piano (later indicated as being overstrung wikipedia.org
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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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Joseph Duell
He was terribly overstrung in the last couple of weeks, and he began to talk about being depressed, but he wasn't the type to burden people with his problems wikipedia.org
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Henry E. Steinway
The overstrung scale in a square piano earned the Steinway Piano first prize at the New York Industrial Fair of 1855. wikipedia.org
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porcupine
porcupine, n. (ˈpɔːkjʊpaɪn) Forms: see below. [ME. porke despyne, porkepyn, etc., a. OF. and Pr. porc espin (c 1220 in Godef.), also porc d'espine (c 1275) = Sp. puerco espin, Pg. porco espinho, It. porcospino (also porco spinoso), corresp. to a L. type *porcus spinus; f. porco, porc:—L. porcus hog,... Oxford English Dictionary
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Frederick Mathushek
These overstrung pianos had closely spaced strings arranged at sharp angles to the keyboard following the same principles as the bichord parlor grands in iron frames and wrestplank bridges, and in 1877 the Mendelssohn Piano Company advertised their latest trichord squares used "Mathushek's new Duplex Overstrung wikipedia.org
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Samuel Wiselius
Some authors regard Wiselius as forceful, sharp-witted, animated or even overstrung. wikipedia.org
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string
▪ I. string, n. (strɪŋ) Forms: 1–6 streng, (pl. 3 strengen, -us, 3–6 strenges), 4 streing, strenge, 4–6 strynge, 4–7 stringe, 5–6 stryng, 5– string. [OE. stręng masc. = MLG. strenk, strenge, MDu. strenghe, stringhe (mod.Du. streng fem.), ON. streng-r masc. (Da. streng, Sw. sträng):—OTeut. type *stra... Oxford English Dictionary
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Donnacha Dennehy
arrangement of FAT) North Strand (2007); piano North Circular (2007); piano Reservoir (2007); piano Stainless Staining (2007); piano and backing track Overstrung wikipedia.org
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Square piano
Built in quantity through the 1890s in the United States, Steinway's celebrated iron-framed, overstrung square grands were more than two and a half times wikipedia.org
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