strict temperature effects

[Richard Moody]

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> From: JIMRPT <JIMRPT@aol.com>
> To: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca; owner-pianotech@ptg.org;
pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re:  Re: strict temperature effects
> Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 7:41 AM
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/12/98 11:34:47 PM,
birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca wrote:
> 
> <<Results therein for pitch change in cents per Celsius temperature
change:
>    bass -0.26 +- 0.21
>    tenor -0.39 +-0.31
>    treble -1.65 +-1.13>>
> 
> Stephen;
>  This is interesting data. It appears that temperature change is
proportional
> to mass/speaking length, which I would expect, except for the bass
where the
> change is not as great as the rest of the scale. Since the bass
strings have a
> much greater mass than the plain steel strings I would have thought
the change
> would have been greater also..... Any thoughts on this seeming
contradiction?
> Or am I interpreting the data incorrectly?
> Jim Bryant (FL)

Jimbo
	 the strings are bigger, so they need more time to change...
Richard Shiveringinmekilts