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Schallloch (or Schall-Loch; before 1996: Schalloch) (n)

(with) definite article: das

fingerhole in a stopped semidrone, allowing the drone to sound when open; when closed the drone is mute

Identical types: 4
Soundhole

Sources

MGG: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Kassel, Bärenreiter, 1949–1968, supplemented 1973-1986) / 2nd ed. 1994-2007, supplemented 2008 (➺ Schalloch).

Dictionaries, &c.

Duden: Die deutsche Rechtschreibung (Duden Band 1). Mannheim, &c., 1991 (20, revised)