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thumb|right|200px|This violin tailpiece has one fine tuner on the E string. thumb|Bass guitar tailpiece

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thumb|right|200px|This violin tailpiece has one fine tuner on the E string. thumb|Bass guitar tailpiece

A tailpiece is a component on many stringed musical instruments that anchors one end of the strings, usually opposite the end with the tuning mechanism as scroll, headstock, peghead, etc...

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