Technically,?a string vibrating in a vacuum does not make a sound, because the vibrating string?needs air to pick up the sound waves.? Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Keith Roberts <keithspiano at gmail.com> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 12 May 2009 6:25 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vibration vs. sound 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090513/7b49852e/attachment.htm>
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