Hi David, No, there is slightly less energy because of transmission losses. There is also an impedance miss match which allows the sound to sustain. Otherwise as Jon put it all the energy from the string would drain into the board but it would happen very quickly. It would be loud--but not for very long. At 10:35 PM 5/8/2009 -0700, you wrote: >So the energy in the vibrating string is equal to the energy of the vibrating soundboard? > >David Ilvedson Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716
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