String length has nothing to do with it. Piano strings are that long because of the amount of sustain desired (right, Bruce?). Holler into an unmuted autoharp, its strings aren't wildly different.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kj" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Klingsor > Having hollered at undamped (non-dampened? free?) piano strings (as a kid, > of course!) I am going to guess that the Klingsor strings are too short to > produce an audible effect when a record is played at them. Do let us know > what happens in real life, though ! > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
