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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like the sound holes of a violin to me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Oh look, it's a music major.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they are not. Those are called f-holes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

F-holes are the name specifically for the holes in the violin family and the contrabass. The more general term is sound hole, which also includes the c-holes of the viol family or the large round hole of a guitar.

F-holes, in particular, are shaped pretty much exactly like an integration sign.