[CAUT] Sperrhake Harpsichord wire

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sat Dec 5 13:44:20 MST 2009


Fred Sturm wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> 
>> Fred, I still don't know what you're talking about. We've
>>  talked about break% for years and years and it's always 
>> been percentage of breaking tension at the string's 
>> current tension. How about posting the formula from your 
>> spreadsheet, as I did from mine, so I can see what you're
>>  doing? Ron N
> 
> From the "Collins" spread for tension: 
> =((StringL*FreqP1*CoreDia)^2)*(CoreDens*PI())/(9.81*10^12)*(1+(IF(ISBLANK(CovDia),0,1))*((CovDens/10000)*(((CovDia^2)/(CoreDia^2))-1)))
> 
> 
> 
> % break: 
> =IF($D$5="Röslau",100*L19/LOOKUP(F19,$AA$20:$AA$60,$AD$20:$AD$60),0)+IF($D$5="Pure
> 
> 
> Sound",100*L19/LOOKUP(F19,$AA$20:$AA$60,$AC$20:$AC$60),0)+IF($D$5="Malcom
>  Rose C",100*L19/LOOKUP(F19,$AA$20:$AA$60,$AB$20:$AB$60),0)
> 
> 
> 
> For the "Roberts/Rhodes" tension: 
> =(RC[-9]*RC[-8]/802.6)^2*2^((RC[-10]-(440-R11C2)/(440-415.3))/(6))*(RC[-6]*(RC[-7]^2/RC[-8]^2-1)+1)
>  % break =RC[-4]/(0.557*RC[-12]^1.667)*60
> 
> Which isn't exactly the formula, and if you can decipher 
> it, you are doing better than I am. The Roberts uses 
> inches, Collins is metric FWIW. Regards, Fred Sturm

With none of the variables defined, it's useless.
Ron N


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