end pin

British  

noun

1. music the adjustable metal spike attached to the bottom of a cello, double bass, etc, that supports it while it is being played

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Example Sentences

Ms. Lee used her cello’s end pin to move lights into a corner, then disappeared through a door.

From New York Times

Ms. Lee, accompanied now by the plucked-string noises of toads, dragged her end pin through the gravel and backed up a hill into the darkness of the trees.

From New York Times

Run the wire through both eyes and begin wrapping behind the tag end pin, down both jaws and onto the leader.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Why, I'm going to put another wheel on this long end pin, and set another one above it, and put a strap over both of them."

From Project Gutenberg

After this, with brace 29, inserting brace bit 37 at position 28, make a clean cut hole in centre of broad end of violin for the end pin later; and when I have inserted the label, the putting on of the belly is my next work.

From Project Gutenberg