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nut (music)
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nut

On a stringed musical instrument, the ridge at one end of the fingerboard, next to the peg box, which raises the strings from the surface of the fingerboard. On some instruments, such as the ukulele, there is a movable nut, which raises the pitch of the entire instrument.

A nut is also the part of a bow which secures the horsehair at the heel and, by incorporating a screw mechanism, allows the tension of the hairs to be adjusted.
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