MOTM

I posted the following to the AH list, but nobody actually tried it and 
responded back.  Now that there is a similar thread going on here, I'll try 
it on this list.  This has to do with using the sound of a body of an 
acoustic instrument with an electronic sound.

I have been wanting to try something for many years but maybe somebody else 
can who has a Cello or Violin and then can tell us whether the results are 
any good.  I have wanted to attach a powered speaker to the body of Cello for 
instance, and run a synthesized string sound into it.  The Cello would act as 
a resonating speaker cabinet and produce the woody sound of a Cello.  The 
Cello would then be mic'd and its sound could be mixed back in with the 
original synthetic string sound in any percentage (or perhaps only the mic'd 
sound would suffice).  I realize cutting out a hole in an instrument may not 
be something you want to do, but perhaps just taping a small speaker face 
down where the bridge normally sits would be enough to see whether this 
theory is useful for creating more realistic string sounds.

-Elhardt