In Reply to: Musicians are meddling in "OUR" arguments........... posted by Roger Hill on April 13, 2007 at 09:08:31:
neither of your anacdotes supports your contention that musicians hear things that can't be measured. In the first instance, you even prescribed the correct measurement: Measure the instrument's response both perpendicular to the f-hole and a couple of feet from the side of the instrument.In the second case, you also gave a partial solution: We're comparing an aged instrument with a brand new one. I have little doubt that the Strad and the new instrument would measure different. And I would hypothesize that every Strad would have a unique signature, as well.
As a trained physicist, I would hope that your approach would be that while it is possible that musicians (and others) can hear things we can't yet measure, we need to work on determining what those things are so that we CAN measure them.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Musicians are meddling in "OUR" arguments........... - lipmanl@hotmail.com 10:22:30 04/13/07 (4)
- I offerred no solutions at all......... - Roger Hill 11:08:38 04/13/07 (3)
- Only read my posts if, before reading, you are certain you will agree with me? (nt) - lipmanl@hotmail.com 08:48:22 04/18/07 (1)
- Not at all.......... - Roger Hill 18:10:21 04/18/07 (0)
- "...[then] don't bother reading any more of my posts." Excellent response. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:49:11 04/13/07 (0)