Oh, oh, don't mix-up piano theory and wind instrument theory! <snip> . I once spent considerable time explaining to our bassoon professor why the bass on his piano didn't match his little electronic tuner. All my notes were flat. Fancy that! He had been trying to match his tuner when playing his bassoon - first partials, that is - and even teaching his students the same malarky. <snip> The big "I" word, inharmonicity describes the behavior of piano, and other non-driven strings. Driven systems, display almost no inharmonicity, so what the prof was doing actually will work. It's a common problem with band room pianos, because they plink out the note, expecting to tune the tubas, and then can't figure why the chord won't come out right. Luckily, the wind players, when good enough, adjust to make the sound come out as expected. Heck, it's tough enough getting piano techs to understand inharmonicity, why should it be easy to get wind players to "get it" right away? Ron Koval (former bassoonist) _________________________________________________________________ Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp
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