source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:43:57 -0800 Subject: Nonuniform Strings From: Daniel Wolf <106232.3266@compuserve.com> What Gary describes with the tied-around wire may be happening constantly on a smaller scale in real wire, nylon, and (especially) gut strings. The presence of imperfections at nodal points cannot but affect the timbre. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 18:51 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA01142; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 18:54:23 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA01140 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id JAA12329; Sat, 4 Jan 1997 09:54:00 -0800 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 09:54:00 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu