Piano acoustics

[Don]

Hi Ric,

Inharmonicity *is* affected by the bridge/sound board.

ught what if the inharmonicity of a vibrating piano wire is
>different than when connected to a bridge and piano soundboard?  Of course
>that could be an experiment also.  I will supply the piano without the
>soundboard.   Also I would like to see experiments on piano wire clamped
>between two huge steel blocks with lengths appropriate to piano speaking
>lengths to see if the vibration (esp the partials is different).  These
>experiments might
>determine if the soundboard affects inharmonicity.   And BTW (by the way) I
>would like to see the inharmonicity experiments repeated or have references
>to what has been published in this subject if anyone on the list is up on
>the Acoustical Society literature.      ---ric
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