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A nut, on a stringed musical instrument, is a small piece of hard material that supports the strings at the end closest to the headstock or scroll. The nut marks one end of the vibrating length of each open string, sets the spacing of the strings across the neck, and usually holds the strings at the proper height from the fingerboard. Along with the bridge, the nut defines the vibrating lengths (scale lengths) of the open strings. Image:Violin_Nut_1.jpg| Image:Mandolin_nut.jpg| Image:Guitar_nut.jpg| Image:Qian Jin.jpg| File:AX Music Man Bongo 5 Head Front.jpg|Compensated nut on Music Man Bongo 5 bass guitar The nut may be made of ebony, ivory, cow bone, brass, Corian or plastic, and is usually notched or grooved for the strings. The grooves are designed to lead the string from the fingerboard to the headstock or pegbox in a smooth curve, to prevent damage to the strings or their windings. Bowed string instruments in particular benefit from an application of soft pencil graphite in the notches of the nut, to preserve the delicate flat windings of their strings. ==Etymology== The word may have come from the German ''Nut'' (pronounced "noot"), meaning ''groove'' or ''slot''. (The nut, however, is called ''Sattel'' in German, which means ''saddle'', whereas the part of a guitar known as ''saddle'' in English is called ''Stegeinlage'' in German.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nut (string instrument)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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