Assertion: stringed instrument's string | /r/MadeOf | synthetic
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text: Four strings made of gut, synthetics, or steel are wrapped around pegs at one end of the instrument, tightly stretched across a “bridge,” and attached to a tailpiece at the other end.
text: used to play stringed instruments such as the violin, viola, cello, and bass; most are a piece of wood with as many as one hundred and fifty hairs from a horse's tail attached in two places and drawn fairly tight; strings of some bows are made of nylon or some other synthetic fiber; other bow strings are made of fiberglass or a carbon fiber; A musician uses a tacky substance called rosin to increase the friction of the bow on the strings.