>In a message dated 8/13/98 7:27:30 AM, aland@casa.co.nz wrote: ><<Dear Inharmonicity, >I read all your knowledgeable definitions - OK - but for me the real >questions are: > >1) WHAT are the specific properties of the piano string and scaling >components etc. that actually CAUSE it ??? > The thickness and therefore stiffness of the steel wire prevent the vibrations of the string from being pure sinesoidal, which would be necessary for zero inharmonicity. The length/thickness ratio of the strings varies considerably from #1 to #88. Example might be a concert grand with #88 about 2"/.031 or 64:1 and #1 about 80"/.198" or 404:1 [completely ignoring core/winding differences] If you had the 64:1 ratio for #1 the "string" would be 1¼" thick. Not very flexible. High inharmonicity. BTW, I would not make coils on _that_ tuning pin by hand... Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204 Luther College Music Dept Fax - (319) 387-1076 700 College Drive Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it will make you sweat a lot. - Haitian proverb
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