Inharmonicity

[Don]

Hi Robert,

Correct about organs and inharmonicity--incorrect about violins. I was very
curious a few years ago and took some careful measurements on my fiddle
while I was playing. No matter how gently I bowed there was some
inharmonicity.

At 06:54 AM 2/4/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Joseph Garrett wrote:
>
>> RicB said: "Inharmonicity is a distinctive characteristic of pianos."
>> 
>> Ric,
>> I competely disagree. All instruments have inharmonicity; just less than
the piano.
>> Joe
>Well, not exactly.  A pipe organ does not have any inharmonicity. 
>Neither does a violin (when it is being bowed).  These instruments 
>produce true harmonics that are exactly multiples of their fundamentals. 
>  And some instruments have more inharmonicity than a piano - like for 
>instance chimes.
>
>Robert Scott
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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