Stein grand unique board

[Phillip L Ford]

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:40:00   
 JIMRPT wrote:
>
>Well back to the pebble in the pond analogy....if'n y'all throws a pebble in 
>da pond the waves will travel away from the pebbles impact point until they 
>meet a point of resistance they can't overcome...at that point the energy 
>will be reversed and a and a corresponding, and identical, wave will begin 
>it's journey back toward the point of origination and any other point that 
>the surface of resistant determines by the angle of impact.
> If the point of resistance is a rock cliff face the most energy will be 
>reflected back to the impact point...if the point of resistance is  a pebble 
>beach a very fragmented pattern will be returned...if the impact point is a 
>wide bed of weeds most all the energy will be soaked up by the weeds and 
>almost none, if any, will be reflected back.
>
> Energy works in the same manner in all mediums unless 'forced' to do 
>otherwise by design. 
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>

What if the point of impact is a gap between the soundboard and the rim?

Oh, and by the way, if no waves are reflected the pond still functions.

Phil F


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