> I made an instrument from an oatmeal box, a rubber band, and tape. > > The sound was indeed much louder when the string travels perpedicular to > the > "soundboard" (especially the lower harmonics). > > I repeated the experiment with a clothepin bridge (about 18 mm high) > between the string and the soundboard.
Fun! I'll make somthing like that, first thing tomorrow morning. After studying lute, that is. ;-) Thanks for the idea. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
