> Secondly, and this is gleaned from Ray Chandler, what of the sympathetic > vibrations produced by nearly two octaves of non-dampered strings? Do these > lend to the tone and expansiveness of the instrument? Without those top > strings, will something (namely sympathetic and harmonic vibrations) be > lacking? I think it has more to do with extending the *bridge* further, which moves those lower adjacent strings away from the end of the bridge and rim, thereby giving those strings a more resonant area of the soundboard. vince mrykalo rpt byu provo utah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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