Stradivari became the master of that metamorphosis, perfecting the varnishing of his instruments, seeking out better and bigger pieces of maple from which to cut violin backs in a single piece, and experimenting with incremental changes to the length of the soundbox and the arch of the belly.
Frame harp, musical instrument in which the neck and soundbox are joined by a column, or forepillar, which braces against the tension of the strings.
The two twisted-silk strings, tuned a fifth apart (as c-g), are attached at the bottom of the soundbox; they pass over a small wooden bridge and up the long bamboo neck to large pegs.
In the late 14th century the earlier form was displaced on the Continent by the Gothic harp, with a slender, straighter neck; thin, shallow soundbox; and nearly straight pillar.
By about 1400 this form was superseded by the so-called Gothic harp, having a taller, shallow soundbox; a short, less deeply curved neck; and a more slender, almost straight forepillar.
One bowed lyre was the Welsh crwth, which by the 13th century had gained a fingerboard running from the crossbar to the soundbox.
Irish harp, Irish clairseach, Scottish Gaelic clarsach, traditional harp of medieval Ireland and Scotland, characterized by a huge soundbox carved from a solid block of wood; a heavy, curved neck; and a deeply outcurved forepillar a form shared by the medieval Scottish harp.
The soundbox is made of paulownia wood and is open at the back.
I put in a soundbox just outside of the set, so he could see on a video what these women were saying to him but they couldn't hear what he was saying - he could say whatever the hell he wanted to say.
Mestiço & Caboclo's ballad fragments and yelping chords, swerving themes jabbed at by growling bass notes, and welters of zither-chimes and soundbox-drumming drove a riveting guitar performance, but Gismonti's virtuosic piano set further broadened the soundscape and the mix of Brazilian and European influences.
"People playing how we used to: dubplates, specials, soundboxes.
