<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/28/02 11:53:38 PM Central Daylight Time, roy.peters@mindspring.com (Roy Peters) writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I have a question regarding David's statement that a small piano will
<BR>set up with narrower octaves, and that a larger piano will accomodate
<BR>more stretch. I have heard this many times. Why? Don't smaller pianos
<BR>normally have more inharmonicity? Doesn't more inharmonicity require
<BR>more stretch? Just wondering</BLOCKQUOTE>.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR>
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> A piano of any size can have low, moderate or high Inharmonicity depending on its scale design. They can't be generalized. However, a small piano is often used in a smaller room and a large piano in a large room. The amount of stretch used will affect how the piano carries in the room.
<BR>
<BR>Higher Inharmonicity usually does mean greater stretch is appropriate but any piano's tuning can be manipulated to achieve a desired effect.
<BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin
<BR> <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </FONT></HTML>