MOTM

Yes, this is what I was thinking, but the piezo does not produce 
enough energy to get the strings going.  Hence the nasal quality and 
lack of low-end in the mp3 sample.  I will continue the experiment.

--- In motm@y..., sasami@h... wrote:
> 
> Go play a piano with the sustain pedal depressed. It's essentially 
the same
> thing. Not only to the struck strings sustain, but the rest of the 
undamped
> strings also resonate. In fact, a patent was filed for a reverb 
system based
> on this. I remember reading about the patent just after I'd come up 
with the
> idea myself, probably in the early '80s.
> 
> CGS
> 
> >And to expand on this idea a little further: I plan to tune the
> >strings on the guitar to an open tuning (say, Open D) and then 
play a
> >sequence in the same key through the thing.  I think the acoustic
> >drone of the strings will add (if I can believe what I'm hearing 
in my
> >head) and incredibly interesting background.  I just hope the 
strings
> >don't overwhelm the sound from the synth, but we'll see...
> >
> >Mike
> 
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