chin rest

noun

1. a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.

Example Sentences

Increasing technical demands, sudden pyrotechnical flights into the higher octaves brought the 'chin rest' into being.

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Penny sat down on the edge of the bed, drawing up her knees for a chin rest.

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The maple neck was worn to a shabby gray and the varnish had been sweated off the chin rest.

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I use no chin-rest on my Guadagnini simply because I cannot find one to fit my chin.

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I absolutely disapprove, in theory, of chin rest, cushion or pad.

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