Cy, At 10:05 5/28/2003 -0500, you wrote: >OK, then, I wonder if there could be a different way to mute those sections >that could keep more energy in the entire system? > >I imagine (don't know) that those string segments still vibrate against the >braiding felt (perhaps more slowly). This seems like a waste of perfectly >good kinetic energy. If they could be made stiffer, or have more mass, >wouldn't their energy be reflected back into the speaking length, the same >way we want rims to be rigid? My 2¢: Howz about weaving the braid as close to the hitchpin/aliquot/plate ridge as possible? Amplitude of string vibration is less there, so inertia should also be. Conrad Hoffsommer Decorah, IA So many chocolates; so little time.
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