On 06/02/2010 07:05 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: > On 2 June 2010 23:36, Ian W. Wright<[email protected]> wrote: > >> The hair also has a 'right' and a 'wrong' direction. The >> scales of the hair grow so that they overlap in one direction so that, >> when the hair is pulled through the hand in one direction, it feels >> rough and in the other direction, smooth. This is important for violin >> bows > > That makes sense, and has gone into my trivia-memory. Do you know if > violin bows are all the same way, carefully equalised, or randomised?
I would imagine they would be somewhat equalized, since violinists (my daughter is one) push and pull the bow and expect equal "work" in both directions, if the hair scales are what causes the violin strings to vibrate. Well, the strings and the rosin, of course. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
