Yamaha GH-1

[Ed Sutton]

Mary-

If you run the measurements through a scaling program, or even do the math
by hand, you'll see that as the plainwire scale gets too short, you reach a
"conundrum point."  Thicker wire gives higher inharmonicity.  Lower tension
also gives higher inharmonicity.

If the scale is too short, there is no good answer unless you can increase
the flexibility of the wire without decreasing the tension, i.e. use a wound
string.

Once I said to a riverboat pianist:  "I'm afraid I can't give you a very
nice B Major chord on this piano."
He answered: "Don't worry. Ain't nobody gonna be playin' B Major triads on
THIS piano tonight!"

Ed S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Smith" <MarySmith@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Yamaha GH-1


> List,
>
> I went out to tune a GH-1 yesterday, and I was mulling over the
> various messages on CAUT regarding these lovely instruments as I was
> working. It seems to me that the real problem area is B2, the first
> note on the tenor bridge. Maybe C3 also, but mostly B2 has these
> weird overtones that I find impossible to tune around. What if only
> the gauge of that note (I guess it would have to be a pair of notes)
> was changed? I mean, it would be great to rescale the whole piano,
> but why not solve the most pressing problem first? Anybody with a
> rescaling program want to take a stab at it? I know it would make
> this customer of mine really happy if I could make that B sound
> better!
>
> Mary
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