Pure Tone Strings

[Jon Page]

At 11:02 PM 03/31/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Newton:
> > Given one note location and speaking length every wire size will
> > break at the same pitch when drawn up that high.
> >
>This is not true, but you can be excused Newton since even Grant O'Brien
>made that mistake in his book about Ruckers harpsichords, and, in any
>case, modern piano techs are not so used to wires being up near breaking
>point like on old pianos. Thicker wire will break at a lower pitch. How
>Stephen


I saw a demo long ago where different diameters of wire
all broke when brought to 440 at a 2' length.

This is as accurate as any of my other feeble memories.
So I can emphatically state that I am kinda pretty sure I
think that is what it was.

I think,


Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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