<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MiniMens piano string simulator introduces the new "contact ratio" parameter for = analyzing the break in the scale from blank strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact ratio means contact time of the = hammer with the string, divided by the time, the wave needs to run from the = hammer to the bridge and back to the hammer. If the time is equal, the ratio = becomes 1.0, what means that the hammer is in a synchron movement with the = string. A lower contact ratio will produce a more partial pronounced tone, = whereas a higher contact ratio increases the losses of the higher = partials.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> (the last blank stringed = key  is F-21, speak. length 1475 mm (58 inch)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>