>>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 I beg your pardon. I meant to say it would sustain very well but you wouldn't hear it very well. Phil Ford
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