[Richard Moody]

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> From: Steven Richardson <sjr@bb.rc.vix.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: 
> Date: Friday, September 05, 1997 2:33 PM
> 
> I have to jump in.
> 
> The (admittedly rough) measure described below doesn't take into
account the 
> fact that the hammer/string collision is inelastic (some of the
kinetic energy 
> goes into deforming the felt, for instance), and I would assume
that that the 
> extent to which it is inelastic varies as a function of the speed
of the head.
> 
> 
> Steve Richardson
> Stanford Physics, EE

Inelastic?  If "the hammer/string collision is inelastic", what makes
the string vibrate??

Richard Moody 
Highschool Physics D