Herbert, etc.
OK, why do violin strings go false? I don't hear
bowed string players complaining about lack of
brilliance, (maybe they do) but they do complain that
old strings won't play in tune. (This is a problem I
had whether the strings were new or not:-))
Chris Wilke
--- Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> After thinking all night, I believe/guess that
> deadness
> in strings is primarily caused by dirt in the
> windings which dissipates the vibrational energy,
> as sand dissipates your tranlational energy
> when you ride a bicycle on a beach. I think
> that this dissipation preferentially attacks
> the upper harmonics, causing the characteristic
> lack of brilliance.
>
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