[CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait

[David Love]

The one problem with that explanation that I see is that the greater
flexibility of the pin doesn't translate to the greater flexibility of the
plate.  So only to the degree that the movement of the pin itself would
create a louder sound would the explanation work.  I don't think that's the
case.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
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Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew at andersonmusic.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait


> The energy is already existing in the excited string, which could  sustain

> so much longer without that dampening soundboard attached!

Or, do you mean the bridge? Last night I struck a tuning fork and placed it 
on the bridge of my violin.  It became quite loud, but dampened very 
quickly. I struck it again and placed it on the top plate.  The sound was 
much less loud, but sustained for a much longer period of time.  Curious, I 
struck it again, placed it on the bridge until it dissipated, then on the 
top plate, and sure enough, there was not enough vibration left in the fork 
to hear the tone anymore.

I tried it over and over again to be sure it wasn't the difference in the 
way I struck the fork.

This is yet another example of a system that in my mind works the same as 
the accujust hitch pin.  Any noise, including the percussion of the 
hammerstrike, that is transferred through the vibrations of the backlengths 
is initially made louder because of the flexible properties of the taller 
hitch and is transferred to the plate where it resonates.

Don't get all over me about semantics again. I have never studied physics 
formally, and don't know your language. This is the language I have to use 
to explain it the way I understand it.

Jeff