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/// I think Carl Preske gave the best answer to the original question:
Pay attention to the polarization of the _excitation_. Forget about the
rosin, just smack the end of the rod against a hard floor or other hard
surface ... or smack it end-wise with a hammer. Geometrically this *has*
to couple to the longitudinal mode(s) and not to any transverse modes.