A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Overspun

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From volume 2 of the work.

1953693A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — OverspunA. J. Hipkins

OVERSPUN, equivalent to the German übersponnen, applied to the large strings in a pianoforte, or the G string in a violin, etc., which are wound or spun round with fine wire to increase their weight and also the depth and richness of their tone.

[ A. J. H. ]