On Nov 23, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote:
> The size of the opening affects the natural resonant frequency of the body, > with a smaller opening giving a lower frequency. > > But I invite all you proper physicists out there to explain why! Do a web searches for “calling Dr. Helmholtz” and “Beer bottles and lute rosettes: a frank discussion” and you’ll pull up threads on this list from December 2003 dealing with the question, which includes some useful information from Bob Clair To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
