This is pretty certainly true and I'd be really surprised if not true on lute too... but I think the original question was basically about religious conviction, not science :o) > > >> What direction should the strings get their maximum vibration for an >> optimum >> tone? > > For a guitar (sorry to mention this word) this is quite clear, as John > Taylor pointed out (in his book "Tone production on the classical > guitar"). > Max tone comes from up-down vibration (towards the top and back). > > This is very easily tested on an actual instrument: > try to pull the string perfectly sideways by quite a margin, and let it > snap > loose. When the direction is spot on, there's almost NO sound, while the > vibration envelope is large. Now lift up a string at the nut end of the > instrument, and there's a lot of sound when letting it go. > > On a guitar, sideways motion (although inevitable) is wasted motion. > > Is this the same on a lute? > > Paul Pleijsier > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
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