>>When these compression waves supposedly travel down through the bridge to >>the soundboard, moving the board before the bridge moves, how does this >>manage to happen with the board attached to the bridge at exactly the spot >>that these waves are supposed to move the board? I'd love to know the >>mechanics behind this. > >For the same reason that the wine glass does not shatter the moment >the lady sings the top C but a moment afterwards. The glass is >unaffected while the wave is travelling towards it. Surely this is >obvious. > >JD Hardly the same thing, as is surely at least as obvious. This still leaves the perpetually unanswered question of how minute a bridge movement is no movement at all. I had presumed that your post immediately following this one would clear that up for me and put this increasingly tedious exercise to rest, but it hasn't happened. I would like an answer to this please, since it is the basis of your stand in this discussion. Ron N
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