
David Politzer, “The Physics of Banjos” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Is the Piano Different From Other Instruments?
i stumbled on a paper by someone whose name you knew, gabby weinrank, a professor a of physics at the university of michigan. His story had to do with what's the deal when you hit three strings tuned to the same note and then let them ring? Very important piece of physics. When you have two things which have the same frequency, if you let them talk to each other, they can have a huge effect. I want o wer the heart breaks coming. These are like the first violin in some youth orchestra. And these are social commensary now, i all you really care about is a cleare et in the alp.
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