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Thanks Stephen for this short article. I took the liberty of fixing the
url link below. (You'd forgotten one backslash)
<p>Cheers
<br>RicB
<p>Stephen Birkett wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>John's illustration with the string and hanging weight
is a nice one.
<br>Here's an alternative way of looking at the same phenomenon,
<br>including a demonstration of what happens if you vary the location
of
<br>the lead:
<br> <a href="http:/real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett/inertia.pdf">http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett/inertia.pdf</a>
<p>Some years back when the list was still innocent we had a discussion
<br>of inertia. I recalI pointing out the discrepancy between static
<br>balance which depends on the distance to the fulcrum and inertia
<br>which depends on the square of the distance.
<p>Some might argue that the "assistance" provided by the lead in "soft"
<br>playing actually makes the action MORE difficult to control.
<p>Stephen
<p>--
<br>Dr Stephen Birkett
<br>Associate Professor
<br>Department of Systems Design Engineering
<br>University of Waterloo
<br>Waterloo, Ontario
<br>Canada N2L 3G1
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<br>tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792
<br>PianoTech Lab Ext. 7115
<br>mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca
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<p>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
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