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list Tue, 1 Sep 1998 Volume 1 : Number 75In this issue:
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- sub-woofer menace
- Re: sub-woofer menace
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 13:30:17 EDT
From: LeliaLoban@aol.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: sub-woofer menacePhilip Neuman wrote:
>>Yes, we played the world's largest alphorn in concert in Portland a few
years ago. We only had room in the church for 80 of its total of 154
feet....>>Yipes, that's even bigger than I remembered. Have you ever played it fully
assembled? If so, what did you hear? How did playing it feel? How did other
people react? What did they say about what they heard or felt? Did the sound
cause any odd physical sensations or discomfort?Does anyone know of any reports of extremely low-pitched sounds causing
physical harm to people? Since I want the information for irresponsible
fictional purposes, it doesn't matter whether an anecdote is verifiable in the
scientific sense, although I would prefer for it to come from a source more
respectable than, say, The National Enquirer. In other words, I don't have
to believe the report, but it must be published somewhere and plausible enough
so that an intelligent, educated fictional character who's at least severely
stressed-out (if not barking mad) might believe it. (Yes, I've read Edgar
Allan Poe on the bells bells bells bells bells bells bells, and also The Nine
Tailors by Dorothy Sayers--some critic somewhere has argued persuasively that
her scene where a guy gets belled to death couldn't have happened that way,
but it sure makes a great story.) I'm particularly interested in any reports
about pipe organs, but I'm also writing a story about a contrabass sax with a
curse on it.Thanks!
Lelia
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"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
--Buckaroo Banzai
"Laugh while you can, monkey-boy."
--Dr. Lizardo
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:14:14 -0700
From: mgrogg@juno.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Cc: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: sub-woofer menace>Does anyone know of any reports of extremely low-pitched sounds
>causing physical harm to people? Since I want the information for
>irresponsible >fictional purposes, it doesn't matter whether an anecdote isThere have been cases where a group of soldiers marching in cadence
across a bridge have caused the bridge to collapse because their cadence
of footsteps was equal to the resonant frequency of the structure,
roughly 1*-2 hz. You would have to stretch a bit to consider a 2 hz
vibration as a sound, and stretch even further to make that sound on your
bass sax, or any other mouth blown instrument. I think the greatest
danger posed by a contrabass sax would be that it would fall on a hapless
victim and crush them. :-)MG
>about pipe organs, but I'm also writing a story about a contrabass sax
>with a curse on it.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Lelia
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>"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
> --Buckaroo Banzai
>"Laugh while you can, monkey-boy."
> --Dr. Lizardo
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