http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=transduce -----Original Message----- From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Monday, December 03, 2001 10:26 PM Subject: Re: Sound in soundboards > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: December 03, 2001 6:49 PM >Subject: Re: Sound in soundboards > > >> >But the soundboard isn't transmitting sound. It's dispersing string >energy >> >and producing sound. Transducing. >> >> I'm more of a classicist than an electrician and to me transmit means >> "send through..." and transduce would mean "lead through..." if it >> were in Webster's dictionary, which it aint in mine. At any rate I >> can't visualize the difference in effect. > >I'm sorry, I thought the word was generally known and understood. At least >that it would be in most dictionaries. My mistake. > >Transducer: A device that converts energy: a device that transforms one type >of energy into another, for example, a microphone, a photoelectric cell, or >a loudspeaker. > >In this case I refer to the soundboard assembly as a transducer because it >transforms mechanical energy into sound energy. > >Del > > >
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