end pin

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

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

Then fit the end pin, but, before doing so, look through the hole in which it has to go and ascertain if the post inside be straight—which is very necessary to the good ordering of pure tone.

From Project Gutenberg