string-platen. the metal plate into which the hitch-pins are inserted.
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ogee front1815
sticker1822
fall1823
string-plate1827
piano leg1852
polychord1858
agraffe1860
mopstick1870
music rest1874
check-bara1877
hammer-action1885
escapement1896
set-off1896
set-off button1896
shift1896
shifting keyboard1896
1827 BroadwoodPatent in Newton London Jrnl. (1830) 2nd Ser. IV. 132 A metallic plate..to be called the string plate, into which the hitch pins are set, for the ends of the strings to be fastened to.