inharmonicity

[Anne Beetem]

At 05:32 PM 10/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>>There is not much to say about harpsichord inharmonicity.  
>
>I am going to guess, then, that there is so little to say on the subject
>because the ratio between the diameter of the strings and their length is
>vastly greater than in a piano.  Correct?
>


 You mean vastly smaller.  Harpsichord wire is angel hair compared to piano
wire.  It is the thickness and stiffness of piano wire which causes
inharmonicity.

Anne Beetem