Hello,
Am 11.10.2007 um 15:43 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Before électric amplification , size was related to the volume of
the sound .
as I see it the matter is more complex:
sound volume needs resonating surfaces and enclosed volume. But the
violin or the shawn show that size does not matter that much.
Two important factors are the efficency and the general amount of
energy input, and the efficency of the resonating surfaces and
enclosed volume.
at least with hurdy-gurdies getting large is a simle way to improve
output without improving the efficency of the general design.
On the other side an instrument like the viola is an example of
maximized efficency: it is theoretically too small to sound on the
pitch it actually does - and its range (drone c to about g''') and
volume is comparable to that of the hurdy gurdy.
In short words: a good hurdy-gurdy does not need to be large (but
large robust though inefficent instruments are maybe a better choice
for a streetmusican).
kind regards
Simon
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