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Snowmaggedon Humpday
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
The snow has let up here on Mount Level....but now the winds will move it all around all day long. They said the Groundhog predicted an early spring....hope that critter is correct!
Ok so when somebody holds a piece of wood at a nodal point and taps it, what are they likely doing?
T.
Re: Snowmaggedon Humpday
Alex Y
Would the wood probably be white ash, or possibly maple?
Re: Snowmaggedon Humpday
Lee Schierer McKean, PA
I could be barred for giving the answer, but let me note that I needed an instrument to locate the 24th letter of the alphabet.
Lee
Playing A Drum???????
;-)
Oops ;-)....the wink is to Lee
Re: Snowmaggedon Humpday
Alex Y
Well, one COULD be tapping the handle of a bat on home plate to determine it the bat were cracked. 
Answer
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
Lee was on it and gets the Golden Uni. Likely, they would be a luthier. Nodal points are sound points for stringed instruments. The tapping would be for hearing the frequency of the wood, judging it for tone.
Tom
Re: Answer
Lee Schierer McKean, PA
Well, I was close only in the fact I was thinking musical instruments. My guess was nodal points on wooden bars used for xylophones or marimbas. Hence the reference to the 24th letter of the alphabet. I'll still accept the Golden Uni and add it to my collection.
Lee
It was a gimme.
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
Same principle regarding tone woods so I placed it in the "gimme" category. Besides, the blizzard took it's toll on me and I didn't have the energy to nit-pick. ;-)