--- In motm@y..., elhardt@a... wrote:
> I won't copy and paste everybodies posts to keep from making a
mess. I'll just
> respond. Larry Hendrey missed the part where I said I wanted to
remove a string
> and in its place put some kind of device to vibrate the bridge.
That would
> vibrate at whatever pitch my synthesized waveform is. So matt_stubb
and
> groovshaman are correct in understanding what I wanted to do. I
would need to
> keep the other 3 strings there to firmly hold the bridge down, plus
in all the
> reading I've been doing about the violin, the body tone is a little
different
> when under the tension of all the strings than without any strings.
Without
> strings the main formants are lower in pitch.
Take care with removing all strings of a violin, you could lose the
stapel (inside; it is not glued). If this happens it has to be
readjusted by a violin builder!
Michel Havenith