In theory, yes, in practice, it depends on the degree of the mismatch. Small discrepancies are fairly common even among the best string makers. In such cases I find it very difficult to detect any tuning problems. That being said, string makers should endeavor to be as accurate as possible and some are more careful than others. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Cy Shuster Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:11 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Formulae for String Calculations David Sanderson told us that the bare length is critical to inharmonicity. Mismatched bare lengths on wound bichords is a real tuning problem. --Cy--
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