>>Subject: hammer weight Michael, you worked a lot on Fourier. So you obviously know more than I do. Surely you are joking. Will a lighter hammer produce more attack noise? Less loudness, brighter sound? After a time the string will have ist characteristic movement. (Your words).Would the sound be different in the beginning? How long is the time span? Helmut Wabnig >>wabi@net4you.co.at Helmut, No I wasn't joking. Just because I studied it for six months doesn't mean I grasp it. I take the squirrel approach most often and especially in the case of Fourier Analysis. For example, I feel like I ought to be able to answer this question: Will a hard blow from a hammer produce a tone which sustains longer than that of a soft blow? Some questions that are sort of analogous. I have two pennies one penny is five times as hot as the other when I begin to monitor their temperatures. Both of these pennies are in a bath which is constantly taking away their heat energy in a way which does not change the temperature of the bath. I monitor the temperatures until equilibrium occurs between the penny and the bath. Which penny will arrive at the equilibrium temperature first? Next question: I have two ice cubes, one is removed from a freezer with a temperature of 0 c, the other is removed at the same time from a freezer with a temperature of -15 c. These cubes appear to be identical in shape and they are the same mass. Which ice cube will melt completely first? By the way, where do you live? Michael Wathen Cincinnati OHio United States
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