On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Rockford Mjos wrote: > On all of these dimensions, are people talking about distances of string > center to string center (which is how I understand these type of > measurements)? Or might some people be measuring the "gap" between the string > "edges"? My numbers were measuring center-center distance. > > Last night I stumbled across notes I had taken from a 1979 LSA class with > Paul O'Dette. One of the notes from the class read: > "One of the main causes of slapping strings is setting strings in motion at > diff. times. and _not_ of force."
I think that the discussion pushed me in the direction of technique rather than lute surgery. Peter. the next auto-quote is: A miracle is an event described by those to whom it was told by people who did not see it. (Elbert Hubbard) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
