Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a...
by aidenn0 on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:25PM
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Plenty of organs go below 20Hz though, and even an otherwise good sound system starts to struggle around 40Hz if it's not built specifically for playing such notes.
Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a...
by Blackthorn on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:03PM
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Dumb question but how is the piano capable of generating these frequencies? I thought the strings couldn't get nearly long enough and the low frequencies that you heard from piano were just psychoacoustics.
Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a...
by quercusa on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:44PM
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The bass strings are wound with copper wire so that the mass is much higher and the resonant frequency much lower.
Re:Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing a...
by Nition on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:59PM
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The amount of space needed for a certain frequency in air is different to the length needed for that same frequency in a wire.
It might help to see the formula, which is:
Frequency = sqrt(tension/(mass / length)) / (2 * length)
So length, tension, and mass are all factors. Modern upright pianos also string the bass strings diagonally to give them a bit of extra length.
If there's a pipe organ with 64' pipes you can hit 8Hz. Not many of those though.