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Definition of Soundbox
1. Noun. A resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin).
Definition of Soundbox
1. Noun. (music) In a string instrument, the hollow chamber that functions as a resonator ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soundbox
1. a resonant cavity in a musical instrument [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soundbox
Literary usage of Soundbox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Music: A Handbook and Guide for Students by Waldo Selden Pratt (1907)
"The ' harp' and the ' lyre' are distinguished by having the strings either wholly
or partially free from the soundbox (except at or near their lower ..."
2. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"... strings of various material—steel wire, brass wire, catgut—some of them overspun.
Under four or five of the strings on one side of the soundbox is a ..."
3. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1872)
"The length of U» soundbox is about 4ft., its breadth below lain. ... The soundbox
is tapered from bottom to top. the front is rectangular, the back curved. ..."
4. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"It had a semicircular soundbox on the edge of which metal pins were placed ;
these were set in vibration by means of a bow, and the sound, of the higher ..."
5. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"... a conical or pyramidal tube, the smaller end of which is attached to the
soundbox containing the diaphragm, while the larger end opens to the free air. ..."
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