Levels of math necessary for truly understanding scaling, etc.

[David Love]

It's one thing to understand the math and another to simply put it to good
use.  You need to be able to use the math to get a sense of the various
aspects of scaling, soundboard deflection, downbearing, action balancing
etc.  However, once you have set up your tools using the math, you can
illustrate the concepts in a more graphic way that is visual and intuitive.
Setting up spread sheets is an exercise in finding the right formulas and
learning how to program them.  Once programmed, however, you utilize the
tool and the underlying math is less relevant.  

 

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of piannaman at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:35 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Levels of math necessary for truly understanding scaling, etc.

 

I cannot claim to come from a math-challenged family.  My brother is a math
teacher at a junior college, so there goes that excuse.  But I am not gifted
in that regard, for whatever reason.  Algebra gave me fits when I was in
junior high, and I promptly forgot it all.  Nonetheless, I don't want to
remain ignorant about it, because much of what we do is directly or
indirectly governed by mathematical rules and principles

 

My brother teaches math online.  I'm going to ask him to point me towards a
course suited to my needs.  

 

Question:  can anybody hazard a guess or give an informed opinion as to what
level of math is necessary to understanding the concept of scaling, and
other more advanced aspects of piano technology?

 

 

 

Dave Stahl




Dave Stahl Piano Service
650-224-3560
dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
http://dstahlpiano.net/



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