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What is the purpose of wrapped strings in some musical instruments?
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The purpose of wrapping stringed instruments comes from the physical properties of waves traveling through a string. Two formulas can be employed to briefly describe waves and the wrapping of strings.
(wave speed) =sqrt (frequency / mass per unit length)
and
(wave speed = wavelength * frequency)
If you notice a guitar for example, the lower base note strings are wrapped and the higher frequency strings are not wrapped. In order to get the lower base note string to vibrate at the lower frequency you must increase the mass per unit length of the string. However, steel being the material it is does not remain flexible when you increase its thickness per unit length (mass per unit length). So the steel is wrapped so that you can increase the thickness of the string without increasing the rigidity of the string. As a result, it can vibrate freely and be a welcoming medium to sustain your desired bass frequency.
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What type of metal are cello strings?
They are made of several different metals, including steel, copper, aluminum and silver. Many are made of some sort of core (steel, copper, gut, or various plastics) and then wrapped with aluminum or silver. Often the upper two strings (A and D) are steel, wrapped with aluminum or silver, and the lower two (G and C) are gut or perlon wrapped with aluminum or silver. Try different types of strings to find the sound and feel you like best.
What materials are used in the making of stringed instruments?
Strings are made from various materials including nylon, steel, bronze, and even sheep intestine (catgut). The bodies of the instruments are often made from wood in the form of a sound box. Plastics can also be used. Pianos are string instruments--they use ivory or plastic on the wooden keys that move wooden pushrods that actuate felt-covered wooden hammers that strike bronze-wrapped steel strings that are stretched on a cast iron or brass bed and it is all contained within a wooden cabinet, usually with steel hinges.
What is a machine head on a guitar?
Not that my name references the thing your talking about, but a machine head refers to the metal knobs on the stock of the guitar that you twist in order to tune a guitar and that is what the strings are wrapped around. My name refers to the band.
Can you use light guitar strings on an electric acoustic?
You shouldn't do this. They have different types of strings for a reason. But if you're still insistent upon trying it, make sure you have a professional guitar tech do this for you, because chances are, even if you use the exact same gauged strings, you will have to have your truss rod readjusted, which will cost more than buying strings that are made for an electric guitar.
Strings of different thickness are used in a stringed instrument. why?
The size of a string is related to the pitch it is supposed to produce when played 'open'. Strings meant to make high pitches tend to be short and thin. Strings meant to make low pitches tend to be long and thick. There is a tradeoff between three features that determines pitch of an open strings pitch:length: double the length of the vibrating part of a string and the pitch decreases by an octave. Halve the length of the vibrating portion of the string, and the pitch goes up by an octave. This is used to get more than one pitch out of a string (fingering).mass density: the amount of material and its mass per unit length. If you increase the diameter of a string while keeping the material the same, the pitch decreases. If you reduce the diameter (make it thinner), the pitch increases.tension: if you increase the tension on a string, the pitch increases. If you decrease the tension, the pitch decreases.In designing an instrument (and there are still people who design stringed instruments!), these three aspects must be balanced to produce a set of strings which, when fixed at a common length and tightened to roughly the same tension, can produce low to high pitches, spaced so that fingering will fill in the notes in between. Likewise, keyboard instruments like pianos, must have every string engineered to fit each semitone from bottom to top, because there is no fingering to 'fill in the gaps'.The result of this is that any instrument that has more than one string sounding more than one pitch will have different thickness strings. And, instruments which have pitches which are near, but different lengths (violin and viola, for instance) will either have different thicknesses if they are designed to have the same tension, or will have the same "weight" strings (same mass density and tension) but longer strings.There is one workaround: as the mass density of a string rises (thickness) we reach a point where the string becomes unplayable: too thick. Long before we get there, we can change the material being used. Often, nylon or silk strings will be wrapped with a metal (silver, copper, various alloys) to produce low-pitched strings with reasonable tensions and diameters. This is why, on a violin, the top string is usually a single strand of metal, and the lower strings are wrapped with metals. The steel 'core' of the lower strings gives integrity, while the aluminum or other metals used in the wrapping adds mass.
What strings can you have for a normal gutiar?
What do you mean by a normal guitar?If you mean an acoustic, then you can get steel, gold wrapped, silver wrapped and bronze wrapped.
How long should unwrapped instruments be autoclave?
how long can you leave unwrapped or wrapped instruments in an autoclave
Does a harp use wire?
Pedal harps use wrapped wire for many of the lower strings, but gut or nylon for the higher strings. Large lever harps are the same way. Small lever harps use only nylon. Some harps, particularly reproductions of historic instruments, are strung entirely with wire.
What is the product that has tobacco and rolled up from a green leaf and has strings wrapped around it?
Cigars
What type of metal are cello strings?
They are made of several different metals, including steel, copper, aluminum and silver. Many are made of some sort of core (steel, copper, gut, or various plastics) and then wrapped with aluminum or silver. Often the upper two strings (A and D) are steel, wrapped with aluminum or silver, and the lower two (G and C) are gut or perlon wrapped with aluminum or silver. Try different types of strings to find the sound and feel you like best.
The lowest organ strings wrapped in copper are how many feet?
Organs do not have strings. They have pipes. There are a class of pipes called strings, viol, gamba, salicional, etc, but they are made of traditional pipe metals, lead - tin alloys and zinc. They are not wrapped with anything. Pianos have strings. Not being a piano expert I can only guess that the brass (not copper) wound string of AAAA ( the lowest key) would measure approx 8 feet on a full size concert grand.
What materials are used in the making of stringed instruments?
Strings are made from various materials including nylon, steel, bronze, and even sheep intestine (catgut). The bodies of the instruments are often made from wood in the form of a sound box. Plastics can also be used. Pianos are string instruments--they use ivory or plastic on the wooden keys that move wooden pushrods that actuate felt-covered wooden hammers that strike bronze-wrapped steel strings that are stretched on a cast iron or brass bed and it is all contained within a wooden cabinet, usually with steel hinges.
What is the indication for a sterile tray and peel wrapped instruments?
They are used whenever a procedure is done where the skin is pireced and so infections are to be avoided.
What is the indication for a sterile tray and peel-wrapped instruments?
They are used whenever a procedure is done where the skin is pireced and so infections are to be avoided.
What was the tool people used to weave in the colonial times?
They used a loom which is a large usually wooden structure that was a very early version of a sewing machine. The person would sit on a bench and there would be many strings wrapped around the middle. Then they had a wooden piece called a bob or something with a string attached to it and they would pull that through the wrapped strings to cris cross them. Also had a foot pedal to move it.
Does Nylon strings mean 4 strings on a bass guitar?
No, Nylon strings are strings that are wrapped in nylon. They usually come in black and they are mainly used on fretless basses particularly because they cause minimal or no wear to the fretboard... not to mention they're super easy on your fingers. They're also known to give a little extra oomph to your bottom end... Paul McCartney is probably most famous for using them... Hope this helps...
What type of fibers are guitar strings made out of?
Classical guitar strings are mainly made out of nylon. Different thickness of the strings allows for differences in tension. Today, string makers are also experimenting with a mixture of carbon and nylon which allows for thinner strings and adds more clarity to the tone. Carbon strings tend to be brighter in tone than the pure nylon strings. Bass strings (lower three strings in a set) have the same nylon core, but they are additionally wrapped with a silver-plated coper wire. Electric guitar strings use the similar process, but with steel instead of nylon. There is a great video on Discovery/Science channel website ("How it's made") that shows the entire process of making steel strings for guitar.
