Call for scaling spreadsheets

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Ric,
I guess my question that started this great discussion was really can one
start with a given ( the bass strings ) and produce a scale that will
compliment them.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 7:13 AM
Subject: Call for scaling spreadsheets


> 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