Hi Pat: You have correctly observed that a plucked string exhibits a flatter pitch than a struck string. The reason is that the plucked string usually has much less amplitude, therefore, less residual tension, Jim Coleman, Sr. On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Bonifield/Poulson wrote: > Dear Jim: I usually pluck the strings of the top octave in tuning > them, but I wonder sometimes if the same pitch is produced that way. > Sometimes is seems that the note is sharper when struck by the hammer > than when plucked. Is this one of my many delusions, or have others
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