<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>Might want to consider the diameter of the string as well? Hmmmm?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  <FONT size=6>;-)</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You know, it can be a funny thing. I know I am not a complete idiot regarding piano design, construction, etc. But the answer to Don's question that popped into my head is that you can't know what the designer intended 150 years ago. But I see now how wrong that is. And so simply. Of course, what a reasonable (and easy) thing to do. Your solution should at least get you into a reasonable range.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks from those of use who, on occasion, seem to miss the obvious (in retrospect anyway).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message -----  <BR>> measure the length of A4, and calculate the pitch for a reasonable <BR>> tension of the string.<BR>> <BR>> Bernhard<BR>> <BR>> Don schrieb:<BR>>> So how does one determine the "builder's pitch" on such instruments?<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>