Call for scaling spreadsheets

[Ric Brekne]

Hi Stéphane

Why yes, of course we want to look at the overall amount of 
inharmonicity in re-scaling.  My point was that once you settle on a 
standard to use for calculating... then that becomes your 
<<reference>>.  Any reference (within reason of course) can be used to 
evaluate both note to note inharmonicities and overall levels yes ?

Now of course if you run into a formula for Inharmonicity that doesnt 
even come close to representing real levels then you have a problem ... 
:)  But anything reasonably close to real inharmonicity levels should 
serve the purpose well... as long as you remain consistant in your usage 
of it.

I'm not sure about a link between inharmonicity and projection... tho I 
havent really thought about it that way.  Usually I associate projection 
with loudness/power which is more a function of tension I think....  I'm 
relatively new at all this so I am sure others will pipe in with needed 
corrections.

Yes ??

Cheers
RicB

Hi Ric.

While evenness of inharmonicity seems indeed obviously desirable, don't we
want to be able to evaluate the overall inharmonicity of a piano ?  I mean
you can desing a scale that will be even in inharmonicity, but whose 
overall
inharmonicity is so high that the piano sounds funny, same (but less
probable) for a piano with too low inharmonicity.  Isn't there a link
between overall inharmonicity and "projection" (ability of the piano to 
fill
a space with it's sound) ?  There is certainly a link between overall
inharmonicity and personnality (sorry for that vague and subjective word).

Regards

Stéphane Collin