Re: Tuning Forks

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

This applies to the usual musical instruments:   pianos use felt hammers
and some modify them with tacks.  I prefer leather plectra instead of
delrin in my harpsichord's jacks.  A violinist changes the timbre by
bowing on different places on the string.

bc

"Edmiston, Mike" wrote:

> 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