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Piano strings ringing in sympathy with a sung note
Question: A sufficiently loud musical note sung near a piano with the lid raised can cause the corresponding strings in the piano to vibrate. (A piano has a set of three strings for each note, all struck by the same hammer.) Why would this trick be unlikely to work with a violin? Solution: If you have heard the sound of a violin being plucked (the pizzicato effect), you know that the note dies away very quickly. In other words, a violin's Q is much lower than a piano's. This means that its resonances are much weaker in amplitude.
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