<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Duplex</title></head><body> <div>At 5:02 PM -0600 11/8/01, Ron Nossaman wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>The transverse excursion of the plucked segment, minute though it may be, levers against the terminating pivot and, because of the stiffness of the wire, levers the segment on the other side of the lever (the speaking length) into transverse movement as well. The now oscillating speaking length will naturally sound at's own vibrational frequency.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Well, Ron, this presumes a pretty sharp "terminating pivot" which is neither desirable nor even attainable by makers who might think it desirable.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:a05100301b8117cbf2075@[195.147.149.106].1.0"></div> <div><br></div> <div>The length of wire in contact with the bridge at B is very rarely short enough to qualify as a "pivot" and, whatever the length is, it is pressed firmly against the bridge with a pressure of say 30 lbs. and quite unable to perform any serious dancing.  The greater the angle, the greater this pressure and the more the friction -- and there is no disadvantage if the area of contact is longer since the friction will be the same.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I'd need to do some experiments before I could utterly refute your theory, but it seems most unlikely.</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> </body> </html>