[CAUT] inharmonicity in piano wire

[Ed Sutton]

Tom-

Yes, and don't forget, if we tune all the strings to the breaking point tension, the piano will also have zero inharmonicity, just as it did before someone put all those nasty strings on there!

Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: McNeilTom at aol.com 
  To: ed440 at mindspring.com 
  Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] inharmonicity in piano wire


  In a message dated 2/5/2009 7:09:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ed440 at mindspring.com writes:
    Perhaps an infinitely thin wire is perfectly harmonic.
  Hi, Ed, and Colleagues -

  You're pretty much correct, an infinitesimally thin wire would have infinitesimal inharmonicity.  Similar results would apply to a wire infinitely long or under infinite tension.  None of these is practical in a real piano!

  ~ Tom McNeil ~

  Vermont Piano Restorations
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  Barre, VT 05641
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