Stress waves (was violin bridge)

[Richard Brekne]

Phillip L Ford wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 08:51:53
>  JIMRPT wrote:
> >
> >In a message dated 08/01/02 3:15:49 AM, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:
> >
> ><< (I think from
> >> what I have read in these posts that everyone is agreed that transverse
> >> vibration of the soundboard has to take place to move air so that we can
> >> hear the sound). >>
> >
> >No, not quite everyone cause I fail to see how a soundboard vibrating
> >"transversely" would emit any useful sound. It certainly would not "move"
> >very much air. :-)
> >Jim Bryant (FL)
> >
> Sorry Jim, I guess I don't get the joke.  What do you call up and down movement
> of the soundboard (assuming for the moment that the soundboard does
> move up and down, with which some posters are not in agreement)?
>
> Phil F

Think about it Phil...grin... Gives new meaning to the idea of "tickling the
ivories".... more like the ivories tickling the fingers.


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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
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