The Mellotron Group

I imagine you'd have to have an incredibly soundproof room to get away with the amplification levels needed.

I also imagine the resonant peaks of the wood would give a bizarrely colored reverb sound, and probably a pretty short reverb time overall.

Tom, why quarter sawn?

-Sean

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, william Beith  wrote:
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> Thanks for the plate acknowledgment. One issue I did not address is the process 
> of exciting the plate to create the reverb then the mechanism to pick up the 
> reverberated sounds. Inducing vibration in metal, then picking up the results of 
> that induction is reasonably easy. Trying the same thing with wood seems to be 
> more of an acoustical mechanical process. Maybe excite the wood with a 
> loudspeaker (or one of those wall mount hi-fi speaker - subwoofer units) then 
> use a Barcus Berry pick up for the return signal.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Tom Doncourt 
> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" 
> Sent: Wed, January 30, 2013 7:44:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic AND off-the wall
> 
> Â  
> Though it may seem ridiculous your idea makes some sense. I've gotten some 
> sympathetic tone ringing out of large marimba notes that I've built. I tried 
> miking them up and it added a warmth to the sound if not an actual 
> reverberation. I wouldn't use a sheet of ply though- the way it is laminated 
> prevents it from resonating. If you glued some 1/2 thick cedar lengths together 
> on edge ( and better if they are quarter sawn), hung the "plate" from its nodal 
> points and plcaed a speaker and a mike close by you might get an interesting 
> tone, if not an actual reverb. I've seen Mr. Beith's lovely plate units-this is 
> something of a wholly other order!
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] on 
> behalf of Sean [fourtytwominds@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 7:41 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic AND off-the wall
> 
> 
> Â  
> The strangest thoughts come on the shitter....
> 
> We all love the plate reverb right?
> 
> What if one was made with a gigantic sheet of wooden ply instead? Like the top 
> of a violin? What on earth would that sound like as a reverb?
> 
> Thought I'd share.
> 
> -Sean
>