fungusgeek
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A recent posting (see "String Theory) contained an interesting document as to how a plucked Ukulele string creates sound. What was surprising to me was that this doc indicated that the plucked string motion which I would think would at least initially be 'up-and-down' (perpendicular to the string length) turns into a longitudinal vibration (along the length of the string) which causes the bridge to 'rock' and turns the sound board into a 'pump'.
If the sound is created by the 'rocking' of the bridge (as opposed to the string driving the bridge/soundboard up-and-down) then it would seem that any slight looseness of the saddle in the bridge slot would greatly damp the sound production, since the saddle could rock without causing the bridge to 'pump' the soundboard.
I was always under the impression that a saddle (bone etc.) was just a press fit into the bridge. Is this correct? Is it a very tight press fit?
Does anyone glue the saddle in to make the saddle/bridge a monolithic thing so that there would be no 'rocking' of the saddle so that the 'pump' action would be maximized?
If the sound is created by the 'rocking' of the bridge (as opposed to the string driving the bridge/soundboard up-and-down) then it would seem that any slight looseness of the saddle in the bridge slot would greatly damp the sound production, since the saddle could rock without causing the bridge to 'pump' the soundboard.
I was always under the impression that a saddle (bone etc.) was just a press fit into the bridge. Is this correct? Is it a very tight press fit?
Does anyone glue the saddle in to make the saddle/bridge a monolithic thing so that there would be no 'rocking' of the saddle so that the 'pump' action would be maximized?