Reminds me of the Mr. Science question,"If sound can not travel in a vacuum, why do vacuum cleaners make so much noise?" Gordon Large, RPT Hallowell, ME -----Original Message----- From: wimblees at aol.com To: keithspiano at gmail.com; caut at ptg.org Sent: Wed, 13 May 2009 3:49 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Vibration vs. sound 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? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090513/21ed9079/attachment.htm>
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