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cellochris99
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(3/1/01 4:22:36 am)
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"Playing in" a string inst.
I suppose we can all agree that our
cellos sound better as we play them consistently. I've noticed that
if I don't play mine for a couple of days, when I come back to it,
the tone is seems to have lost alot of volume and response for the
first several minutes of playing, and then it seems to come back to
life gradually. What exactly is going on in the wood, etc. that
causes this? Is it a stretching of wood from being vibrated again? I
suppose my synthetic strings tighten up when not being played too. I
haven't played my double bass in several months, and I picked it up
and it sounded like a bassoon with a sock stuffed inside,- not good.
Is this the same acivitity which is ocurring on a larger scale
with a new instrument as it "opens up" over the years? Another
words, do the physical properties of the wood also change over time
as it ages that allow it to resonate more, or is it just the effect
of being played alot over the years?
Chris
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Andrew
Victor
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(3/3/01 10:04:59 am)
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Re:
"Playing in" a string inst.
Very interesting!! I play all the
bowed string instruments, except for the bass, and I've never
noticed such a thing that I could not attribute to which one of a
number of instruments I'm playing and/or to the way I am bowing it,
and thus fix immediately, or to the way my ears adjust while I'm
playing.
Am I missing something? Am I a victim of bad
hearing? Or are my instruments just perfectly adjusted ( I have had
them all examined and a number resetup in the past
year)?
Andy
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