At the tail ene of the instrument
Tailpiece
© Frank Ford, 9/13/98 Photos by FF


All stringed instruments with moveable bridges need to have a place to anchor the strings. Most of the time, that's at the "tailpiece."

This archtop jazz guitar has an elegant carved ebony tailpiece:





This Maccaferri-style jazz guitar has a tailpiece formed from sheet metal:




Another sheet metal tailpiece, this time on a mandolin:




All banjos need tailpieces, too:




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