<div> Garret,<br> <br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'll see what I can do, and let you know.<br> <br> Alan<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Garret Traylor <hpp@highpointpiano.com><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 3:03 pm<br> Subject: RE: Breaking a String<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44"> <style> @#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} #AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:navy;}#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_969967a5-0df7-40a0-ac00-ec0dab7eba44 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;">Alan,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;">Would you happen to be able to get a copy say as a .wav file?  It might make a great ringtone or startup sound on the computer.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Kindest Regards,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Garret </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: navy;"> </span></div> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</a><br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:17 PM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: Breaking a String</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal">Here at the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, we had a student compose a piece a few years ago that involved breaking a string by tuning it it ever sharper until... recording the sound, which was then processed as part of a live laptop improvisation.  The piano I designated for this was an old Baldwin F.  If memory serves, we chose a note somewhere in the vicinity of C5 (though I don't recall exactly why).  In the "rehearsal", we got it to go about a fourth sharp before the over-stressed wire gave up the ghost.  How far sharp you can go depends on the percentage of the breaking point the wire is at "normal" pitch. </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">YMMV. </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id='u8CABD30CB224C36-FF8-411E' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target="_blank">Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>!</FONT> </div>