2007-04-20 08:52:24 · 9 answers · asked by michelle e 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Strings vibrate; it's like a big harp inside of a piano. The key makes a hammer hit a string, like an old-fashioned typewriter if you can picture it.
2007-04-20 08:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by pancakes & hyrup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just about all of it, the frequencies travel throughout the whole instrument, however most of it is insignificant. The part that's vibrating the most would be the strings that are hit by the hammer that moves when you hit the key. The soundboard also vibrates quite a bit, which amplifies the sound. If you release the dampers on the sympathetic strings (an octave above, then a fifth above that, then a third above that etc) they will also vibrate which is what gives you harmonics.
2007-04-20 08:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The strings mainly, but also the wood of the soundboard must resonate to some degree. The hammer does not vibrate.
2007-04-20 08:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jon Soundman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The string that a hammer hits along with the sound board that everything is attached to.
2007-04-20 08:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you hit the key which is connected to a 'hammer" that pounds the strings.
2007-04-20 08:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by J-Lu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean of the piano or you ?
2007-04-20 14:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by freebird 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look inside and findout. its mostly the strings getting hit
2007-04-20 08:55:10 · answer #7 · answered by sarahxhardcore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wire
2007-04-20 08:55:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
THE HAMMER
2007-04-20 08:55:10 · answer #9 · answered by grace b 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋