Re: Tuning Forks

["Kilmer, Skip" <kilmers@GREENHILL.ORG>]

I have my students bang it on their heads. The hardness (of the surface and of the blow) is about right.
skip

-----Original Message-----
From: Edmiston, Mike [mailto:edmiston@BLUFFTON.EDU]
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 11:16
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Tuning Forks


To reduce the excitation of higher harmonics, and to get good excitation
of the desired harmonic...

1) Hit it with a hard-rubber mallet (like doctors use for reflexes)
rather than something really hard like plastic or metal.

2) Don't hit it on the end, but hit it about 1/3 of the way toward the
open end from the bottom of the U.

Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Bluffton College
Bluffton, OH 45817
(419)-358-3270
edmiston@bluffton.edu