>Yeah I agree that's what probably happened here. But what I was trying to >determine was the effect that diameter might have in tone brightness. I >guess I should read some more on scale design. Maybe I'm listening too >hard. > >Mitch Ruth Bigger wrap will increase tension, which will increase power (or volume, or pain, or whatever). Increased tension will necessitate a larger core wire to handle the increased tension, which will raise inharmonicity. Similarly, you can get more volume with a smaller wrap diameter and core by building more flexibility into the soundboard, yielding more fundamental, lower inharmonicity, and a clearer more defined sound that could probably qualify as brighter. There's tons I haven't yet learned about scaling, so this isn't all that definitive. In the case of your mismatched unison though, there are other factors involved than overall diameter. Ron N
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