David Runnion wrote:

>Walter Meyer wrote:
>
>>...  As I recall, on the violin, the D string is neither the highest
>>not the lowest.  Apparently some other property must govern intensity
>>of resonance.
>
>I think Mimi must have meant G, not D, corresponding to the lowest open
>string which, like C for cello, makes the instrument resonate naturally
>from the overtones.

Right you are.  In addition, as you move through the circle of sharps,
each new key "loses" and open string...  Key of D loses the open c string
of viola and cello, and key of A loses the open G string of all of the
stringed instruments.

Mimi