Re; Harpsichord Answers

Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net
Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:19:27 -0600 (CST)


>    Why wouldn't harpsicords need some stretch tuning?  Admittedly the
>thinner strings have less resistance to bending, which is the source
>of inharmonicity, but it shouldn't be zero, should it?
>
>    -Bob Scott

My apologies, Bob and List.  I forget I use a Accu-Tuner, and it
automatically does what needs to be done without my even thinking about it.
Thanks to Jim Coleman for the clarification.

Kind of embarrased, I am

Keith A. McGavern
kam544@ionet.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA




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