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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the pianoforte, a wooden block, often made of several pieces, into which the wrest-pins are driven. It is of great importance in securing permanence of tune and sonority of tone. Also called pinblock, back-block, wrest-plank.
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- noun Alternative form of
wrest block .
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