Resonance or Waves ?

[Ric Brekne]

In the never ending quest of  understanding just how pianos make sound, 
how the soundboard vibrations really function, how string vibration gets 
the whole thing moving... the following may be of interest to some of 
you.  Hemholtz's Resonance Theory of sound is making a comeback and the 
present fashion of explaining sound in terms of transverse waves in 
solids causing longitudinal waves in the air  that the ear drums 
passively respond to (von Békésy) is under a new critical eye.

Now whats interesting is that if you accept Hemholtz's... the the whole 
transverse wave action in soundboards bit kinda bites the dust... at 
least to some degree. And if you dont accept Hemholtz,  then you have 
some phenomena to explain that cant be accounted for by von Békésy.
 
Anyways... for those who are interested in such...

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=521729

There are other articles along these lines surfacing recently as well...

Cheers
RicB