endpin

[ end-pin ]

noun

1. the adjustable thin leg at the bottom of a cello or double bass.

Example Sentences

“There were two violins, viola and cello, and the cello was made from a Rice Krispies box. The endpin was an old green toothbrush and the bow was a chopstick or a stick from outside, and I just scrubbed away at this thing. So my parents came back and they would rehearse and they put out a small stool for me so that I could participate if I felt like it on a tiny little stool.”

From Seattle Times

Then Ma, far from any major concert hall and hundreds of miles from his home in Cambridge, Mass., stood with his cello propped up by its endpin and played a Bach Sarabande.

From New York Times

Traveling to class on a packed train, on which passengers resorted to standing in the spaces between carriages, Selaocoe would remove the bridge of his cello, take off the endpin and put both parts in his pocket, standing with the instrument flat against his chest to take up as little space as possible.

From New York Times

Not to mention the damage that could be inflicted with the endpin at the bottom of a cello.

From Economist

A double bass is about six feet from scroll to endpin: it’s the size of a bearish guy.

From The New Yorker