Oscillations and Waves > Instruments > Strings
DCS# ~1J30.26
TUNING A CELLO STRING
APPARATUS
bar with cello string, pulley and clamp
202-06-D
29 lb. weight
202-04-E
cello bow
202-06-D
DESCRIPTION
String is 80 cm long, mass is 12.7 g, force needed to make a 70 cm length of it vibrate at D
2
(73.4 Hz) is 30 lb. Bow the string to show that the note obtained under the above tension is indeed D
2
.
