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<p>[QUOTE="huckel berrry, post: 330224, member: 6738"]Hi there</p><p>This may seem unusual to this forum but I am looking for a wine/ GNT glass that will break easily</p><p><br /></p><p>The kind of glass I am looking for will shatter easy with the human voice! Please see this link</p><p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM</a></p><p>In the video he breaks the glass with his voice at about 550hrz (a C5-C#5 in music notation)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have a wine glass and a GMT glass myself and I have tested the resonance frequency of them bough (that is the frequency Of sound it vibrates at and is the frequency needed to brake it). I have tapped bough my glasses with a spoon and using my pitch detector bough read a C6 which is about 1.1khrz</p><p>(the high soprano note) for which is about double the frequency used in the above video. I know the frequency in the video is correct because I have cross refranced it against my piano and it is a C5 and not a C6</p><p><br /></p><p>The next question would be is where do I find a glass with such low resonant frequency. Well from what I have read online. The easiest glasses to use are crystal glasses, they have a much thinner wall too. One site I read said that the frequency of all crystal glasses where the same. So from that it would be obvious to assume that a glass made from crystal would be the ideal choice. Have a look at the link again please.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM</a></p><p>And do you think that this is indeed a crystal glass? And given its size what type of glass dose it look like?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks</p><p>Huckel Berry[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huckel berrry, post: 330224, member: 6738"]Hi there This may seem unusual to this forum but I am looking for a wine/ GNT glass that will break easily The kind of glass I am looking for will shatter easy with the human voice! Please see this link [URL]https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM[/URL] In the video he breaks the glass with his voice at about 550hrz (a C5-C#5 in music notation) Now I have a wine glass and a GMT glass myself and I have tested the resonance frequency of them bough (that is the frequency Of sound it vibrates at and is the frequency needed to brake it). I have tapped bough my glasses with a spoon and using my pitch detector bough read a C6 which is about 1.1khrz (the high soprano note) for which is about double the frequency used in the above video. I know the frequency in the video is correct because I have cross refranced it against my piano and it is a C5 and not a C6 The next question would be is where do I find a glass with such low resonant frequency. Well from what I have read online. The easiest glasses to use are crystal glasses, they have a much thinner wall too. One site I read said that the frequency of all crystal glasses where the same. So from that it would be obvious to assume that a glass made from crystal would be the ideal choice. Have a look at the link again please. [URL]https://www.google.co.uk/search?dcr=0&ei=vF1yWvLvDoORUaDuoOAM&q=jaime+vendera+mythbusters&oq=jaime+vendera+m&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0j0i22i30k1l5.4607736.4616694.0.4618346.12.12.0.0.0.0.220.1461.1j9j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.11.1450...0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.4OLhugPnmtM[/URL] And do you think that this is indeed a crystal glass? And given its size what type of glass dose it look like? Thanks Huckel Berry[/QUOTE]
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