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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 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.
He often used to tell people that readers were more likely to remember the tailpiece than the front page headlines, and they would agree.
A second group, selected from violin makers who were more doubtful, was also asked to try this tailpiece.
This tailpiece was later deleted from the legislation, and nothing inserted in its place.
The internal block at the bottom holds the tail button to which the tailpiece is hitched.

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