Jon
Nofziger is measuring the response of a wood top banjo he built.
He is driving it at the bridge with a sine waves of variable frequency
and measuring the radiated sound picked up by a microphone. The
frequency response is significantly altered by the presence of objects
near the back of the instrument.
Sean Kaufman is attaching piezo-electric pickups to a violin.
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