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From: Douglas Tate
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 17:13:12 +0100
Subject: BG V DT

Hi Bobbie .. One all, I think
My ego has almost healed! But I shall bear my scars bravely to the grave.

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NOW, to business

Some time ago someone was talking about alterations in sound levels on the
harp due to this and that.

One of my things is that, by using the hands you can resonate most notes on
the harp. The fact is that, if you play a soft note and resonate it, it
becomes a loud note. Thus you are playing the harp softly the whole time
and it therefore lasts a lot longer and you have fooled the audience into
thinking you are playing loudly (like against an orchestra or grand piano)

I have just been doing some recording on a Yamaha MTX4 fourtrack studio
thing. Looking at the recording level meter I noticed that when I have my
hands off the instrument It is off scale at the bottom. With all other
paramaters the same but with hands correctly positioned for resonance the
meter reads zero. As the meter goes from -20db to zero this means that the
resonance effect is at least 20 db, which is quite a lot. Anyway, it seems
to work. Don't know if the figures are of any interest to anyone or if
anyone else has any figures for the same type of thing.

Douglas T