String buzz

[Ed Sutton]

Jeff-
It might be interesting to measure the string length and the contact
point...as long as you don't have anything else to do.
Ed S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:57 AM
Subject: RE: String buzz


> >Hey,
> >
> >Is it possible that this lever is just enough longer than the other
levers
> >so that it contacts the vibrating string while others don't?
> >
> >Alan McCoy
>
> It is exactly the same length, and moves exactly the same distance as its
> neighbors (i.e. doesn't jut out of line).  You could put a straight edge
> across the bottom of the levers, or across the back, and nothing about
this
> particular lever appears any different from the others.  The best I can
> figure, is that it just happens to be at the right place at the right time
> in relation to the physics of the vibration of the string(s) it is
> contacting and none of its neighbors got so lucky.
>
>
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