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Thread #95420 Message #1855180
Posted By: Mr Red
10-Oct-06 - 03:45 PM
Thread Name: How to make a fiddle sound like a cello
Subject: How to make a fiddle sound like a cello
This is from an article in New Scientist Sept 30th. The trick apparently is to apply a twist to the string before tightening it. Plus drawing the bow at a constant pressure and velocity. It sets-up torsional vibrations in the string which are an octave down (subharmonic). Discovered by Mari Kimura (New York) and investigated by Alfred Hanssen from the University of Tromsø in Norway.