Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards)

Tony Caught caute@optusnet.com.au
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 21:31:54 +0930


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Dear, Dear, John Delacour,

Why is Noone stopping Dale from ignoring the thread and why is noone =
making those preposterous claims (as highlighted below in your text)

Merry Xmas Dale.

Tony Caught

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From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards)


> At 9:49 PM -0500 12/22/01, Erwinspiano@AOL.COM wrote:
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> >  Participants in this discussion
> >  I must say I have found this thread more than a little=20
> >tedious. Has any of you ever occasioned upon a bass bridge impinged=20
> >severely on one end or the other against the plate. If you have then=20
> >this should settle some of this debate. The tone suffers seriously=20
> >without bridge movement. End of discussion!!!!!!!
> >  Dale Erwin--- Sorry real tired
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> I'm afraid you might have to get tireder, Dale.  Noone is stopping=20
> you from ignoring the thread, just as we're all free to ignore other=20
> tedious threads.
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> Your argument settles nothing because noone is claiming that a=20
> restriction of bridge movement and consequently of soundboard=20
> movement will leave the tone unimpaired and noone has denied that the =
> bridge must move in order for the soundboard to do its job properly.=20
> What is at issue is whether the strings move the soundboard by=20
> displament of the bridge, and the answer to this question is=20
> fundamental to an understanding of the acoustics of the piano.
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> JD
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