Sentence examples for overstrung from inspiring English sources

Steinway's iron frame and overstrung scale were exhibited in a square piano in 1855; his first grand piano was produced in 1856 and the first upright model in 1862.

Important among these were the overstrung scale, a design in which the bass strings cross over the higher ones, permitting longer bass strings and improved tone; and an improved cast-iron frame that bore the tension of the strings without twisting as wooden frames tend to do.

In Donnacha Dennehy's "Overstrung" for amplified acoustic violin and soundtrack, a few well-placed pizzicato notes helped to ground the static flyaway sound of digitally processed harmonics.

Yes, overstrung, gaudily painted, honky tonk joannas for passersby to hammer out jazz standards on, which – naturally – many appeared to be able to do.