Hi Phillip, The difference is that as a violin is being bowed (in theory) energy is being added which allows the inharmonicity to be near zero. Plucking the string and allowing it to decay allows for *lots* of inharmonicity. At 04:15 PM 2/4/2007 +0100, you wrote: >Robert, > >I wonder why a violin would, less than a piano, have inharmonicity... >It has exactly the same mechanical reasons as a piano to have it, hasn't it >? > >I would understand that it has less inharmonicity because, violin's string >are less stiff than piano strings, but it still should have some... > >Philippe Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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