Musical Soundwaves

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:53:24 -0400


Ahhh. You see, you did not say that there was a note there. Many (most) pianos have 88 keys, but not 88 notes. Saying that you could hear note #88 over the phone suggested that the phone actually improved the piano sound!

Get it now?  ;-)   I'm sorry, I was just funnin' with ya a lil' bit!

Terry Farrell
  
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Subject: Re: Musical Soundwaves


> I wrote:
> >"I have had people play the top note of a piano (4100 +Hz) over the phone
> >to me, and I couldn't hear anything but a thunk."
> 
> Terry asks:
> >If anything, I would think you might loose something over the phone line.
> >Why do you think it would sound better over the phone?
>  
>      I never said I thought is would sound better,  I was pointing out that 
> the 4100 Hz signal didn't seem to come through the phone line.  I heard the 
> piano later, and yes, there was a note there,  I just didn't perceive it over 
> the line. 
> Ed 
> 



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