On an acoustic guitar, the strings vibrate and the hollow part of the instrument, or the sound box,also vibrates.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

A pickup is a device that captures the vibration of the metal guitar strings and changes them into electronic sound signals.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Men everywhere seemed to be putting up poles with strings of wire for carrying telegraphic messages.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

To make his guitar, Les Paul attached guitar strings and two electronic pickup devices onto a flat piece of wood from a railroad track.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

At school we do just strings. We don't have a complete orchestra or anything."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Marionettes are controlled from above by a series of strings or wires.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

Making a guitar with a solid body permitted the sound of the strings to last longer because their vibrating energy was not weakened by a vibrating sound box.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

And then she quickly strummed by playing all the strings at once.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

Les Paul wanted an instrument in which only the strings vibrated.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

The strings on his boots were as hard as steel.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

His theory was that the devices and body should remain firm, allowing the strings to vibrate longer and sustain a sound.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Conrad also appeared on This Week. The U.S.Constitution gives Congress power over the nation's purse strings.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

But he said the money would come with strings attached.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

China's no-strings-attached lending has led to charges that it will do anything to get at the continent's rich resources, including propping up governments accused of repressing its citizens, in particular Sudan and Zimbabwe.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08