[time-nuts] Difference in manufacturing for fundamental tone, 3rd, and 5th overtone crystals

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 10/27/2016 4:50 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> Crystals are highly optimized for the specific overtone they are
> intended to operate on. In fact, you can fiddle them to the point
> that they no longer have a “fundamental” response.
>
> Bob
>

That's interesting.  Every overtone crystal I have played with
would happily oscillate at the fundamental.  How do they
get rid of the fundamental?

Rick