[CAUT] Vibration vs. sound

[Keith Roberts]

I think it should be; If a string is vibrating in a vacuum, does it make a
sound?

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Joe Wiencek <jwpiano at earthlink.net> wrote:

> So it seems the conversation has taken a turn towards Zen philosophy (..if
> a tree falls and no one's there to hear it...?)  I'm wondering how deaf, yes
> even piano tuners, might take to that description?   You might even wish to
> call in Beethoven for counsel on this matter.  What did he consider sound
> once he became deaf?  Regardless of which taxonomy is invoked, it all comes
> down to music, eventually.
>
>  Joe Wiencek, RPT
>
> NYU
>
>
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