Re: Wind Music

Michael Koster (mkoster@uask4it-51.Eng.Sun.COM)
Tue, 4 Jun 1996 15:09:08 -0700

Wire is much harder to get going, I think due to the smaller size, shorter
length (at the same note), and heavier weight, all somewhat relative to each
other. But a wire harp will sing a little in the wind, given enough wind.

That's all I need, now I want to create an Aeolian harp for the garden.
Perhaps a teak box and frame, and a... redwood soundboard (OK, maybe
fiberglas(tm). The weather can be hard on these harps (huh, Glenn).

Michael.

> From TelynGlas@aol.com Mon Jun 3 21:06:55 1996
> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 23:43:24 -0400
> From: TelynGlas@aol.com
> To: harp@MIT.EDU
> Subject: Wind Music
>
> While it is true that nylon strings will make lovely music in the wind (and I
> added my own underscore to what was being said at an outdoor wedding on a
> breezy day, last summer), my Markwood Celt doesn't respond to wind at all.
> Jay Witcher told me that it's because the wire string diameter is too small
> to create the turbulence.
>
> What do you think of that, Keith?
> Elaine
> (I do hang crystals on my harps--and they like it :-) )
>