Soundboard

1. (Ger. Resonans’boden; Fr. table d’harmonie; It. ta’vola armo’ nica.) The thin plate of wood placed below or behind the strings of various instr.s, to reinforce and prolong their tones by reflecting them from its broader surface by means of molecular vibration. The s. of the pfte. is sometimes, that of the violin generally, called the de/ly. —2. (Ger. Pfeifenstocks Fr. pied du tamis Z orgue; It. cas so’ne.) In the organ, the cover of the wind chest, in which the feet of the pipes are inserted.