<!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 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, Stan, that is my understanding too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a confusion about what factor was invariant, and what was changing, but Frank made it clear.  Sorry for the mixing up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jstan40@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:jstan40@sbcglobal.net">J. Stanley Ryberg</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 13, 2007 10:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: String tension (was : Birdcage pitch raise) </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#c00000>Hello, Stephane!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>I'm really only jumping in here to ask a question which may be appropriate at this point.  Is it not true that the increase in thickness/mass needed to raise the tension of a string at a given length also makes the string less flexible?  And is this not a factor in the increased inharmonicity which seems to be a characteristic of high-tension scales?  That has been my understanding, but I'd be happy to be corrected if that is not the case.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>