[CAUT] Semantics

[Delwin D Fandrich]

I am aware of many historic and on-going citations of this type. And you are
right, it does add to the confusion. But times change and as we learn more about
just how the soundboard works I believe it is important that out language keep
pace with the concepts.
 
The soundboard does not amplify anything. To again quote Fletcher & Rossing,
"Acoustically, the soundboard is the main radiating member in the instrument,
transforming some of the mechanical energy of the strings and bridges into
acoustical energy."
 
The soundboard system transforms energy one form of energy (the mechanical
energy of the strings) into another (the acoustical energy in the surrounding
air). That fulfills the definition of a transducer.
 
ddf
 


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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joe
Wiencek
Sent: May 17, 2009 7:06 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] Semantics



The whole point of this was not to explain everything about soundboards or
anything else, but to once again try to make the point that a soundboard isn't
an amplifier.



I hate to kick a dead horse, but I have found in past Journals, citations of
some of the origins of confusion, i.e., in the August 1982 Journal, an article
by Priscilla and Joel Rappaport, pp. 22-23, mentions, "The bridge, which is made
of hardwood (maple or beech) transmits this energy to the soundboard.  The
soundboard, made of spruce and being under tension, is receptive to this energy,
and services as an amplifier to the sound." 

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