3A60.50 • Driven Mechanical Resonance: Resonance Reeds

Location: Cabinet 4

Photo of the Demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Instructions / Notes:

• A set of inverted vertical rods are attached to common base .
• Vibrating a particular rod will cause its mate to vibrate.
• The other rods being of different lengths do not vibrate.
• Note: this demo works best if the outermost reeds are the ones vibrated.

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