High or Low

[James Grebe]

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Thank you Thomas, David, Cy,& Del for your answers.
    My reason for asking is that recently I have been hearing from our =
local Steinway dealer about the low tension scales on Steinway grands =
and the higher tension scales on Yamaha's.  I have believed in the past =
that Steinways had higher tension scales and that was a big reason why =
they are loud pianos and strong in power as compared to Yamahas which =
seem to have a sweeter, more airy sound.  Likewise the European pianos.  =
I always associated low tension with this airy, sweet sound.  It appears =
that I may have been wrong in having this opinion.  I was thinking there =
was some way to empirically gather info on the amount of inharmonicity a =
group of selected notes on the piano would have and interpolate from =
there where the tension would be.  I guess it is not as simple as that.  =
This, however, also clouds the air as there is no way to tell =
individually the overall tension on a scale by just taking some =
inharmonmicity readings..  I guess there is no way to uncloud claims of =
dealers or manufacturers.

Thank you for your help.
Jim
James Grebe
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