Inharmonicity in other instruments

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Don
Maybe one needs to consider that the bow would have a muting effect on the
string as long as the bow is in contact with the string damping the
overtones one can hear on a struck or plucked string. All instruments that
produce sound with a string should, I would think, exhibit the same stretch
of the overtones due to the termination points of their speaking lengths. 
Ever kill the overtones on a wild bass string by putting a rubber mute on
the unwound segment?
Just my quasi
Joe

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> From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Inharmonicity in other instruments
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 9:07 PM
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> I was curious as I have heard that violins do not exhibit
*inharmonicity*.
> I was, many moons ago a professional freelance classical violinist. I
> checked, after Rick Baldassin told me the same thing, some years ago. The
> partials are *indeed* sharp, when the instrument is bowed. It may not be
> *inharmonicity* as in a struck string--but I would love an explanation.
> 
> At 09:38 AM 6/10/98 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >no inharmonicity in instruments that produce a continuous sound
> >from continuous excitation, like the violin, the pipe organ, horns,
> >woodwinds, and accordians.
> >
> >One interesting consequence of this analysis is
> >that a violin cannot exhibit inharmoncity when it is bowed, but
> >it can when it is plucked.
> >
> >Robert Scott
> >Detroit-Windsor Chapter, PTG
> 
> Regards, Don