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According to the article, they used a 1615 museum piece for this. I remember reading somewhere that you have to play those instruments regularly for it not to
by cf498 8y ago
According to the article, they used a 1615 museum piece for this.
I remember reading somewhere that you have to play those instruments regularly for it not to change its sound.
Could anyone clear that up for me? Could you tune an instrument, that wasnt properly tuned for decades or centuries?
- bartelby 8y agoYes that’s correct. If there isn’t serious damage to an instrument you can always tune it. As far as playing an instrument regularly for it not to change its sound, that’s also true, although I don’t think anyone knows why exactly. It probably has something to do with the way the sound energy of the instrument, when played, is absorbed by the wood in a patterned way over time. Kind of like a used baseball mitt. If the instrument isn’t played, something happens where the vibrations of the sound don’t flow correctly through the instrument and it can sound, and feel “stuck” to play.