pegbox

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pegbox

(ˈpɛɡˌbɒks)
n
(Instruments) the part of some stringed instruments that holds the tuning pegs
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Sometimes the pegboxes are straight, sometimes curved.
An instrument representing this transition can be seen in the picture attributed to Michael Wright, c.1680, which shows a large 11-course instrument with one straight neck extension rather than two pegboxes.(24)
The shorter diapasons relative to the length of the stopped strings, and long, open lower pegboxes of many French instruments suggest that they carried less string tension than their Italian relatives.
Continuo lutes in 17th and 18th-century England
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