Hi Terry, Inharmonicity rises by the cube of the length of the unwound portion of the string. I.e. 3 cm raised to the power of 3 = 27 Thats one reason to have them short. ===== Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. 3004 Grant Rd, Regina, SK, S4S 5G7 Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
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