Rear Duplex

[Michael Jorgensen]

List,
     My vote is that each of us learn these definitions and adopt them as
official nomenclature to be included in the next Merle Mason type book.
-Mike Jorgensen

Delwin D Fandrich wrote:\

>     1)  The Back Scale.  That portion of the string segment between the rear
> bridge termination device the 'back scale' regardless of its length.
>     2)  The Front Scale.  The 'front scale' is that segment of the wire
> between the V-bar and the front bearing bar.)
>
> This back scale can be designed in any number of different ways.
>     3)  The Aliquot System.  If the back scale is designed such that its
> length is just approximately the same, or slightly shorter than, some exact
> divisor of the speaking length (i.e., having a frequency close to, or
> slightly higher than, the resonant frequency than some exact harmonic) it is
> an 'aliquot system.'
>     4)  The Tuned Aliquot System.  If the back scale is designed such that
> its length is, or can be adjusted to, some exact divisor of the speaking
> length, I refer to it as a 'tuned aliquot system.'
>     5)  A Duplex System.  A 'duplex' system is one in which both the front
> scale and the back scale are aliquot systems.
>     6)  A Full Duplex System.  A 'full-duplex' system is one in which both
> the front and back scales are aliquot systems and each are 'tuned' to
> identical harmonics of the fundamental.
>
> Now, I have no desire to impose these definitions on anyone else.