bass bar

English

A dismantled violin with the bass bar visible close to the centre of the top plate between the f-holes.

Alternative forms

• bassbar
• bass-bar

Noun

bass bar (plural bass bars)

1. (lutherie) A narrow length of wood affixed to, or occasionally carved from, the inside of the top plate of a violin-family instrument.

Translations

long wooden strip

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低音樑／低音梁 (dīyīnliáng)

• Finnish: bassopalkki
• French: barre d’harmonie f