<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you Thomas, David, Cy,& Del = for your answers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My reason for asking = is that recently I have been hearing from our local Steinway dealer about the = low tension scales on Steinway grands and the higher tension scales on Yamaha's.  I have believed in the past that Steinways had higher = tension scales and that was a big reason why they are loud pianos and strong in = power as compared to Yamahas which seem to have a sweeter, more airy sound.  = Likewise the European pianos.  I always associated low tension with = this airy, sweet sound.  It appears that I may have been wrong in having = this opinion.  I was thinking there was some way to empirically gather = info on the amount of inharmonicity a group of selected notes on the piano would = have and interpolate from there where the tension would be.  I guess it = is not as simple as that.  This, however, also clouds the air as there is = no way to tell individually the overall tension on a scale by just taking some inharmonmicity readings..  I guess there is no way to uncloud = claims of dealers or manufacturers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for your help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Grebe<BR>Piano = Tuner-Technician<BR>Wood Artisan<BR>Established 1962<BR>Creator  of Wooden Artifacts such as:<BR>Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups<BR>Handsome Hardwood Piano  Benches<BR>314 845-8282<BR>1526 Raspberry Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>