On 2/17/2011 8:24 PM, Mark Schecter wrote: > I would imagine so, as it is not driving a load that would impose > frictional losses, given equivalent termination, but I don't know how > the absence of feedback from the board/bridge into the string would > affect it. > > -- Mark Schecter Stand on the damper pedal and strike a note. The energy available in that one unison moves the entire soundboard, which moves ALL the strings, in a feedback loop which subdivides the original energy input, going from "narrow and deep", to "broad and shallow". The same happens with the dampers down, but it's not as obvious. > On Feb 17, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Kurt Baxter<fortefile at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> a freely open vibrating string (no soundboard) would have much >> longer sustain, right? Yes. Ron N
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