Wonderful, beautiful, simple analogy Don!
Thank You!
Gordon
--- Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> Take a skipping rope. Tie it to a concrete wall or
> some other massive
> object. Put a pound of tension on it. Now "pluck"
> it. Does the wave
> dissipate when it strikes the wall or does it
> "reflect" back from the fixed
> end of the rope? I'm certain that it is part of the
> reason that pianos with
> massive rims generally exhibit good sustain.
>
> At 11:31 AM 19/02/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> > What do you base this on? Does anyone know the
> >origin of this kind of thinking?
> > Not even Steinway marketing would agree with
> this:
> >Terry Farrell
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
>
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