soundpost

British  

/ ˈsaʊndˌpəʊst /

noun

1. music a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate

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Example Sentences

The soundpost must engage your closest attention, and must be of old Swiss pine.

From Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. by Mayson, Walter H. (Walter Henry)

When she died," said he in a very hoarse solemn voice, "when she died, the soundpost of that violin broke into pieces with a ringing crack, and the sound-board was split from end to end.

From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Should there be faults that a touch of the soundpost may minimise, gently touch it, moving it hither and thither, until it meets with a desired response.

From Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. by Mayson, Walter H. (Walter Henry)