Stiffness [was Re: whatever]

[John Delacour]

At 1:50 am +0100 30/9/06, alan forsyth wrote:

>We've all been led to believe that inharmonicity is caused by the stiffness
>of the wire; hence if the tension increases, surely the stiffness increases.

The stiffness of a wire of a certain material is constant and 
independent of tension.

JD