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What is a tailpiece?

What is a tailpiece? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An appendage or appendix.
  2. (music) A triangular piece of metal or ebony to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end.
  3. (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
  4. The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
  5. The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
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The strings pass over a violin-type, or pressure, bridge and are hitched to a tailpiece.
Telescopic union tailpiece with nut for radiator valves and lockshield valves.
And what is entailed by that tailpiece other than a touch of question begging?
The strings had snapped, the fingerboard was half off, the ornate bridge had shattered and the tailpiece had fallen off.
The tailpiece makes a limited exception to that principle in the cases in which it applies.
There may also be an introduction, usually in slow tempo, and a coda, or tailpiece.

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