This article explains it pretty clearly, I think, and jives with what I learned about inharmonicity a few years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inharmonicity Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:32 AM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: > List, > I just received a query from a science faculty member at the art > institute where I work. He asks how can it be that partials of piano wire > are sharp of what they "should" be? I told him that my very pedestrian > understanding is that this phenomenon is due to the high tension of piano > wire up to pitch, but that is just me repeating what I have heard > "somewhere." Is this response even close to being correct? Any further > clarification as to why this is would be much appreciated all the way > around. > > Thanks, > > Alan Eder > CalArts > > ------------------------------ > Carnations mean admiration, Tulips mean love - what do Roses mean? *Find > out now!<http://shopping.aol.com/articles/2009/02/02/flowers-by-meanings/?ncid=AOLCOMMshopdrspwebf0001> > * > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090205/f81bd020/attachment.html>
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