Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rack and pinion sometimes used in stringed musical instruments. like the double-bass and the guitar, instead of the usual tuning-pegs.
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I knew that RTD would balance out this low with an amzing high, but would little kids, faced with that horrific machine-head thing?
Archive 2007-07-01 annawaits 2007
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I knew that RTD would balance out this low with an amzing high, but would little kids, faced with that horrific machine-head thing?
Doctor Who - The Last Of The Time Lords annawaits 2007
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Ebony concert fingerboard with 29 freets under E. - type Classico C has round bottom with 31 palisander channelled ribs; concert ebony fingerboard with 29 frets under E. - type Classico B has round bottom with 31 white maple not channelled; concert ebony fingerboard with 29 frets under E. - type Classico A has an engraved neck with: a) inside machine-head;
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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