Pitch at breaking points

[Newton Hunt]

Hmmm.  Very interesting.  I have a major fog bank residing in my
brain now so the math approach eludes me.  Stephen you want to work
the numbers?

		Newton

A440A@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
>  >Newton writes
> > > Given one note location and speaking length every wire size will
> >> break at the same pitch when drawn up that high.
> 
> Greetings,
>     Don Galt, many years ago, posited that a piano string will break when it
> is raised up a minor third.  I have found this to be true of all plain wire
> strings I have tried it on.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote RPT