At 06:49 PM 3/4/98 EST, you wrote: >Alex; > Were it possible to strike a string in the exact center of the speaking >length would the superiority of the partials still obtain ? >Jim Bryant (FL) > If I understand your question properly (My English is not very native), trhen, theoretically, if to strike an ideal string in the central point, the even modes only of a transverse vibration will be excited, the lower partials being stronger. Or you mean something different under the "superiority of the partials"? Alexander Galembo, Ph. D. NSERC-NATO Science fellow Acoustics lab, Dept. of Psychology, Queen's University Kingston ON K7L3N6 Canada Tel. (613) 5456000, ext. 5754 Fax (613) 5452499 E-mail: galembo@pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca URL : http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8779/
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