Re: Ok folks, I found it, I really, really found it. Hands down, without a doubt, this is
2013/07/04 01:31:39
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In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.