very correct. Except for your destillation that the degree in inharmonicity would not differ in the treble side among different models. Als far as you are referring to my contribution I tried to make a point that you cannot hear by ear how much inharmonicity there is. The stretch you can put (artificially as Kevin.Ramsey put it) up on above that is what you can try to hear. I don't do that: it confuses me and it doesn't fit anymore. In the bass I try to do it but in the end: checking myself by ear, I don't believe I do it (Though stretching can be very healthy). greetings, John Meulendijks CPT, Tilburg Holland. ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Neuman <cneuman@phy.duke.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:19 PM Subject: Re: inharmonicity and "Re: newbie questions: stretching" > Newton Hunt <nhunt@optonline.net> wrote: > > > [r.e. treble strings] same thickness and stiffness in a > > > small grand as they are in a large grand? > > > > Yes, and length as well. > > Interesting. So, a small grand and a large grand would have the same > degree of inharmonicity in the treble, right? Now, as for the bass > strings, I think I remember reading that smaller pianos tend to have > thicker bass strings, which I assume are stiffer than thin ones. If so, > then I would expect a smaller piano to have more inharmonicity in the bass > than a larger one. Am I correct? > > Charles Neuman > >
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