---------- > From: Susan Kline <skline@proaxis.com> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: Seating/false beats > Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 6:50 PM > > Replying to, > >> >> If there were a super lubricant that got you zero friction > >between > >> >the strings and pins, > >> > When struck, the pitch would vary wildly as the > >> >string rendered back and forth freely through the pins. > > Actually, in the never-land of ZERO friction, the pitch wouldn't vary at > all, since the tension of all segments would remain identical. Or so it > seems to me. > > {{ :--> ) Susan Same here. And in the reality of friction present, equal tensioned segments comprise the string that can't be knocked out. Richard
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