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| All right! If you're all so darn smart, tell me where on a violin you would find the nut.
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| Hmmm...wouldn't you rather know about the gall bladder? I looked it up and learned some interestting stuff! Annette, hope you are feeling better today. Wrote a note on yesterday's trivia post to you since I didn't get back last evening. I don't know this one, so I will check in later for clues. Cynthia |
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- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Sun, May 22, 11 at 10:27
| At the top of the fingerboard or at the very bottom of the fiddle (oops, violin) at the end of the tail piece. |
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- Posted by aftermidnight Z8 V. Island B.C. (My Page) on Sun, May 22, 11 at 11:58
| Hmmmmmmm, this one I'm not sure of, I'll hang around looking for clues. Annette |
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- Posted by midnightsmum 4b ON (My Page) on Sun, May 22, 11 at 12:16
| Hmmmm.....a numbers game, I thinking. I was thinking there were several - only one, TM? Nancy. |
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| I know there is only one on a guitar, and to the best of my knowledge, there is only one thing on a violin that's commonly referred to as the nut. I ain't no expert though. TM |
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- Posted by midnightsmum 4b ON (My Page) on Sun, May 22, 11 at 19:00
| I guess I thought that the tuning keys were called nuts. Therefore, I will say at the bottom, where what appears to be the continuation of the fret board ends. Just a guess, though. Nancy. |
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| Okay, no idea on this one, but can't wait to find out! good one, TM! |
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- Posted by lorna-organic (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 2:03
| Is the nut the person playing the violin? :-) I took violin lessons as a kid, but don't recall what the nut might be. |
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- Posted by frogview00 NC7 (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 6:28
| isn't the nut the part where the strings attach to the body of the violin? Or is that the frog? hmmmm? |
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| The nut is the piece at the top of the fingerboard that has grooves in it to hold the strings in place.
I don't know why it's called a nut. Schoolhouse totally got this. I didn't know there was a nut at the opposite end of the strings on the tailpiece, but she sounded pretty sure of herself. Is that really called a nut down there, Schoolhouse?
Nancy, I couldn't quite figure out where you were saying. Lorna, I think you're right in some cases. Funny. Thanks for playing trivia with me. We had five of you today. Woo woo! TM |
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- Posted by schoolhouse z5/ohio (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 8:51
| Yep, at least that's what we fiddle players have always called it. It's a small piece of ebony wood (usually)where the tail piece attaches to the fiddle. If you look at your photo of the violin, you can just make it out. In fact, early on I played an old fiddle for a long time until someone told me "Why, you don't have a top or bottom nut on there!" I was so embarrassed. Yet, after I rigged up the fiddle correctly, it lost it's original old-timey sound. :) |
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