Loops

[jpiesik@arinc.com]

     Avery,

     I suspect what is meant by "loops" is the non-nodal areas of the
     vibrating string.

     If you were to look at a partial of a vibrating string, and focus on
     the area formed between the two nodes of that partial, that area would
     be a loop, or oval shape.

     In other words, the bulges, or peaks between the nodes are the areas
     where you'd want the dampers to work. And I suspect you'd want the
     damper to reside on as many of the dominant partial "loops" as
     possible.

     The technical term, by the way, for the maximum amplitude of the
     vibration would be "peak."

     Regards,

     John Piesik, RPT





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Subject: Re: Temp. tunoff time??? De Gustibus (* tuning)?
Author:  atodd@UH.EDU (Avery Todd) at SMTPGATE
Date:    3/13/97 7:35 PM


Hi Jim,

   Of course none of the rest of us ever makes mistakes. :-) Yeah, and I'm
young and slender, too. B:-)

Avery

>My apologies to you and Paul and others on the list.  When I read what I
>wrote last night at 2:30 AM I was embarrassed.  I got mixed up and
>mis-stated which album had the Moore Well Temperament, <SNIP>
>
>Jim Coleman Sr.
>  (with red face)

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