piano wire
- a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
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Origin of piano wire
First recorded in 1865–70
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He brought from London a Kelvin sounding apparatus, with a sufficient length of piano-wire for testing any probable depth.
The Lair of the White WormBram Stoker
Sometimes the overtones are more prominent than the fundamental, as when a piano-wire is struck with a nail.
The TelephoneA. E. Dolbear