[CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait

[David Love]

Sorry to disagree but I think in this case it is a semantic issue and the
original question has been lost on this tangent.  The soundboard is clearly
not an "amplifier" in the scientific sense in that it doesn't add energy,
but it does "amplify" (make larger) the  meager sound of a lonely vibrating
string that would otherwise be forgotten if the energy were not made more
audible by the soundboard's greater efficiency in moving more air in spite
of the total energy loss in the transfer-now isn't that some kind of magic
wood J.    

 

The issue that has been lost is whether the vertical hitch pin might
contribute in some way to a plate resonance.  While I don't know the answer,
I don't think it's an unreasonable question.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

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This is not a semantic difference. The physics of this is relatively simple,
and it is glib and facile simply to cast it as semantic. It is a matter of
some responsibility that we take as "technicians" to accept known physics
and use it to understand what is happening in the vibratory system. Ron's
phrase "at a net loss" is critical to understanding what is going on.

 

P

 

In a message dated 5/7/2009 11:41:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tannertuner at bellsouth.net writes:


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> No, it doesn't. It transduces, at a net loss. The energy output is less 
> than the input, the difference being absorbed by the system. If there were

> such a thing as a free amplifier, you could daisy chain the things and run

> the world on a flashlight battery. Look up James Maxwell.
> Ron N

You knew what I meant. Since I'm not a physicist, I consider this a 
semantics difference. What I meant by amplify is some device that increases 
volume of sound.  I can do the same thing with my voice.  Same energy on the

vocal chords, but properly placed in the resonance, the volume and 
projection are increased.

(which would mean a lower energy requirement to produce the same volume?)
Jeff 




 

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