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Subject: Re: transducers

From: "strohs56k" <strohs@...>
Date: 2002-11-03

--- In motm@y..., ixqy@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 03 Nov 2002 06:58:57 +0000, elhardt@a... writes:
>
> > Is there a device that I can use that takes an electronic signal
> > and converts it into an acoustic vibration for setting a string
> > in motion or driving the bridge of an acoustic instrument?
> > Something other than a speaker that is. I'm still thinking
> > about setting a violin in motion using a synthesizer.
>
> You mean something like this?
>
> http://www.ebow.com/

Interesting - though I can see two potential problems with this.
First, it looks like this gizmo is intended to work with electric
guitars and, as such, I assume it is a magnetic mechanism and will
only work with steel strings. Second, there is no input to plug in
the signal coming from the synthesizer though, depending upon how this
thing works internally, it might be possible to add an input.