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Name: Monochord Assembly Instructions
ID: m15882
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module describes assembly of the RealSimple monochord. The monochord consists of a steel guitar string, rigidly terminated and stretched to a variable tension. Both optical and magnetic pickups are used. Subsequent laboratory exercises are concerned with making elementary measurements and observations of monochord vibration and decay.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: magnetic pickup, monochord, optical sensor, string physics
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Julius Smith (jos@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Copyright Holders: Julius Smith (jos@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Maintainers: Julius Smith (jos@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Version: 1.1 (history)
Created: Mar 26, 2008 4:48 pm GMT-5
Revised: Mar 26, 2008 6:37 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.1 Mar 26, 2008 6:37 pm GMT-5 by Julius Smith
Changes: 
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