----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net> To: "piano tech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: November 09, 2000 11:12 PM Subject: Re: RIPPEN soundboards -- its gotten longer > > > > > approximately 1100 feet per second of sound in air divided > > by 27 vibrations per second will give you the approximate > > wave length. > > > > Newton > > So how come they say the string length is equal to one half the wave length? > ----ric raisinthepitchby30cps > > ps I once thought I knew the answer but then forgot. It is one of those > kind of problems. > ------------------------------------------------------------- The answer is simple...don't believe everything they say. How a string vibrates has nothing to do with the wavelength of a certain sound at a certain frequency in air at 32º F/0º C at sea level. Del
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