How, I would respond would be that with either system, the flexibility of the plate is constant. Think of how a phonograph needle works. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait > The one problem with that explanation that I see is that the greater > flexibility of the pin doesn't translate to the greater flexibility of the > plate. So only to the degree that the movement of the pin itself would > create a louder sound would the explanation work. I don't think that's > the > case. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jeff > Tanner > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:06 AM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew at andersonmusic.com> > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:25 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Accujust and grunting fish bait > > >> The energy is already existing in the excited string, which could >> sustain > >> so much longer without that dampening soundboard attached! > > Or, do you mean the bridge? Last night I struck a tuning fork and placed > it > on the bridge of my violin. It became quite loud, but dampened very > quickly. I struck it again and placed it on the top plate. The sound was > much less loud, but sustained for a much longer period of time. Curious, > I > struck it again, placed it on the bridge until it dissipated, then on the > top plate, and sure enough, there was not enough vibration left in the > fork > to hear the tone anymore. > > I tried it over and over again to be sure it wasn't the difference in the > way I struck the fork. > > This is yet another example of a system that in my mind works the same as > the accujust hitch pin. Any noise, including the percussion of the > hammerstrike, that is transferred through the vibrations of the > backlengths > is initially made louder because of the flexible properties of the taller > hitch and is transferred to the plate where it resonates. > > Don't get all over me about semantics again. I have never studied physics > formally, and don't know your language. This is the language I have to use > to explain it the way I understand it. > > Jeff > > >
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