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Why are metals sonorous?
Ulex says
I have always thought that this general property of a metal is not really general at all! Sodium and potassiuim are not sonorous, neither is lead.
Sonority seems to be a matter of hardness and stiffness. A wooden xylophone can be sonorous if made from hardwood.
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updated: 18 January 2006
