bass-bar

American  

[beys-bahr] / ˈbeɪsˌbɑr /

noun

1. a strip of wood glued lengthwise inside the belly of instruments of the violin family, used to spread vibrations over the surface.

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Etymology

Origin of bass-bar

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

It was, after all, perhaps not so serious a matter, for, as I have said, the bass-bar had given way.

From The Lost Stradivarius by Falkner, John Meade

If we accept the bass-bar as the nervous system of a Violin, the sound-post may be said to perform the functions of the heart with unerring regularity.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

With the failure of the bass-bar the belly collapsed, and the wood broke across the grain in so extraordinary a manner as to put the fiddle beyond repair, except as a curiosity.

From The Lost Stradivarius by Falkner, John Meade

Thus I have become acquainted with several artists who constantly tortured their violins by getting the sounding post and bass-bar displaced.

From George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General by Gem?nder, George