<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Why is it that louder playing results in = "overtones higher than acceptable" in one case, but "gives colour" in = another case?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">What's the mechanism here?  Does he = imply that louder notes have more inharmonicity, or is it just that you can't = hear as many partials on softer notes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Rochester, MN</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=dnu@fx.ro href="mailto:dnu@fx.ro">Calin Tantareanu</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 14, = 2004 12:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano stringing = scales</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>2. Scales with inharmonicity values higher then average or close = to the upper "limit"</DIV> <DIV>With increasing dynamics the adding up of overtones gives the = sound colour, without getting unpleasant.</DIV> <DIV>Examples: Grotrian-Steinweg, Yamaha, Steinway</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>3. Inharmonicity is at the "limit" or above</DIV> <DIV>At normal playing volume, the tonal character makes an = outstanding impression. But with increasing dynamics, the stretching of the = overtones gets higher than acceptable to the ear and becomes distorted. This = happens especially when the string termination isn't perfect. Because one = needs to voice the piano mellow to avoid distortion, powerful fortissimos = aren't possible.</DIV> <DIV>Examples: Fenner states that such a scale can be found, nowadays, = only in Bechstein pianos.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana = Ref"></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>