What the...??

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Richard:

Since you effect a very temporary quieting of the phenomena, it sounds to
me like it has something to do with the soundboard. My first thought would
be a loose glue joint at the rim or maybe the belly rail.

Jim coleman, sr.

On Thu, 20 May 1999, Richard Brekne wrote:

> List
> 
> Just ran into a rebuilt hamburg B. It has this really strange quality of
> sound. Starting with the first unwound string, and continuing up about
> to c6 there is this extremely loud and annoying... how shall I describe
> it.. "WOWAAaaaaaaa" sort of beat. It cycles once, encompases all
> partials and disapears. I tried taping the bridge, bottoming bridge
> pins, etc. and no difference.. Running a roller along the length of the
> string seemed to quite it a bit for a few minutes, but then it returns
> full strenght..
> 
> Any ideas what this is about ?
> 
> Richard Brekne
> 
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