Whether they actually knew what they were talking about at the time that this was written is difficult to comment on but I think it's safe to say that the descriptions written in these marketing brochures, as this clearly comes from, are designed for the layperson to communicate some kind of ersatz experiential phenomenon not necessarily rooted in correct scientific explanation. Likely this was written by some marketing person, in fact, and not a technician, designer or person with some rudimentary scientific understanding. In some ways it's understandable that they would opt for wording it in a way that is meaningful to Joe Public even if it's not correct. Wouldn't be the first time nor will it be the last. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Adkins Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:15 AM To: Caut Subject: Re: [CAUT] Semantics Not to continue a very very long and over winded discourse, but I read this last week. >From the Baldwin Piano Co. website: "Meticulously constructed and tapered, Baldwin soundboards amplify the string energy to produce a rich, sustaining tone." I guess they don't know what they are talking about, according to you and they build the pianos. Oh, and where does resonance come in to the equation? It seems to me the board is resonating to the frequencies set up by the energy imparted to the string under tension. Further enlightenment is required by our local gurus. Richard Adkins Coe College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090518/6b97f85f/attachment.htm>
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