OK, I'll take your word for it. I guess the next question is, who cares? Inharmonicity in this section a few points to this side or that side doesn't really seem like anything of any significance when compared with stability (resistance to wear) and propensity for leakage (buzzing). David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of RicB Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:50 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Duplex You have it backwards. The sharper termination allows the string to pivot. I posted an except on all this from Ed's book on this a while back. Its in the archives. There isnt a lot of guesswork involved here, and the lower inharmonicity is not a goal in-itself... its just one of the results of the sharp termination. RicB So what you're saying is that a less sharp termination allows the string to pivot and, in effect, influences the stiffness factor of the wire. I would think that as long as the situation was stable that the measureable difference would be small, the audible difference probably insignificant. A more rounded or flatter and wider termination also has the potential of creating an oscillating string length which might have a greater negative impact, i.e. falseness. It would be my guess that as long as the termination was stable, that is not oscillating to the point of falsenss, that any increase in inharmonicity due to the ability of the string to pivot would be relatively insignificant, meaning even if you could measure it, in practice you probably couldn't hear it. For me, the importance of the shape is to avoid falseness, leakage and produce long term stability. These issues I would rate as much more important than any inaudible differences in inharmonicity. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com
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