Frame (musical instrument)

View of the sides of a violin

In various musical instruments, the frame or frame parts are those components of the body that form its side wall or side walls. Musical instruments that have ribs include

• various percussion instruments , such as many styles of drums as well
• String and plucked instruments , such as the families of violins and viols, as well as guitars . With these, the frames of cheaper instruments consist of veneer strips (about 1 mm to 3 mm thick), onto which the top and bottom of the body are glued. With higher-quality instruments, the frames are also made of solid wood. They have a different height depending on the type of instrument. The lower part is usually the lower floor and the upper part the upper floor . The neck is used in the latter . On string instruments and on most guitars with hollow bodies, the frame consists of many parts that are held together by corner blocks . If all frames are glued together, one speaks of a frame wreath . The ribs and possibly the sound post transmit the vibrations of the top to the back of the instrument.
• As a protective and decorative element, strips (as binding ) are placed on the frames (as well as on other edges) of musical instruments .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tony Bacon, Paul Day: The Ultimate Guitar Book. Edited by Nigel Osborne, Dorling Kindersley, London / New York / Stuttgart 1991; Reprint 1993, ISBN 0-86318-640-8 , p. 188.