[CAUT] [pianotech] FW: RE: New Ask Physicist question

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sat May 16 22:17:35 MDT 2009


David Ilvedson wrote:
> List...
> 
> Here is the reply I received from "The Physicist"...whoever that is... '-]
> 
> David Ilvedson
> 
> ----- This is a forwarded message ----------------------------------------
> From: "the physicist" <the_physicist at askthephysicist.com>
> To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net
> Received: 5/16/2009 1:17:39 PM
> Subject: RE: New Ask Physicist question
> 
> 
> A transducer normally refers to something which converts mechanical
> vibrations into electrical vibrations. I would call the instruments you
> refer to as amplifying the sound. There is more to it than that since they
> also filter various components, that is they amplify some frequencies better
> than others.
> 
> The Physicist
> @AskThePhysicist.com

Well, that's about as cogent and useful as I expected.
Ron N


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