Inharmonicity

[paul bruesch]

Since inharmonicity (to my understanding) is the inability of the rigid
string to bend at EXACT fractions, it stands to reason that the only true
harmonic could be produced by a string of zero width, because there will
ALWAYS be some degree of inflexibility in any string of any dimension.

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:49:13, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
>
> 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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