<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hmmmm. Seems to me that the visible wave represents one aspect of = wave motion and the actual sound we could hear if we stuck our heads = underwater would represent another aspect of the whole induced motion thing.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JIMRPT@AOL.COM = href="mailto:JIMRPT@AOL.COM">JIMRPT@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 06, 2002 = 9:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sound waves(The = behavior of soundboards)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>In a message dated 06/01/02 12:12:06 PM, <A href="mailto:RNossaman@KSCABLE.com">RNossaman@KSCABLE.com</A> writes:<BR><BR><< >    In the case of the = piano string, with the obvious caveat that a <BR>string <BR>>is not three<BR>>dimensional as is the pond, similar, analogous events = occur to a point. ">> <BR>RB<BR><BR><<"Etc, etc... Yes, we = know.">> RN<BR><BR> Wait Ron don't give up so fast doesn't a string move up/down....side to side <BR>and expand/contract?   Don't I = count three here? Besides the pond example is <BR>not = "three"<BR>dimensional" it is uni-dimensional,i.e.  Radiates in 'all' directions = <BR>equally...just because we don't 'normally see the waves under water doesn't <BR>mean = they are not there...................<BR><BR> <BR> <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BO= DY></HTML>