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I have my students bang it on their heads. The hardness (of the
surface and of the blow) is about right.
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-----Original Message-----
=46rom: 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
excitat=
ion
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
th=
e
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