String vibrations

[Ron Nossaman]

>If you could confine it strictly in the horizontal plane, then it would 
>sustain very well, but you wouldn't hear it, since the vibration energy 
>doesn't transfer very effectively in that direction.
>
>Phil Ford

Of course you'd hear it. It just wouldn't be as loud. A string vibrating in 
any direction will still rock the bridge.

Ron N