In a message dated 5/30/1999 6:20:33 PM, Richard wrote: <<"Anyone else have any ideas?">> Well now that you ask :-) Music wire, as in piano wire, does not just vibrate in the latitudinal mode but also vibrates in the latitudinal mode and this without regard as to how the vibration is started...............if this is true then how could one tell what latitudinal motion was caused by a twist(s) in the wire? It seems to me that I read a study from MIT on the WEB concerning the rotational distortion of transverse patterns relating music wire, as being present in all vibration of that wire, whether plucked, struck, or excited harmonically. No I wasn't hunting for it and don't know if I could find it again but if I am not mistaken there was a article in the Journal some time back reflecting the same thoughts. Jim Bryant (FL)
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