[CAUT] inharmonicity in piano wire

[Zeno Wood]

Give him a copy of that article on p. 16 in the current Journal -
Determining the Modulus of Elasticity of Piano Strings etc. etc.  He
goes into an explanation of inharmonicity and it's heavy on the math,
so it might make your faculty member happy!

Regards,
Zeno Wood

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM,  <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:
> List,
> I just received a query from a science faculty member at the art institute
> where I work.  He asks how can it be that partials of piano wire are sharp
> of what they "should" be?  I told him that my very pedestrian understanding
> is that this phenomenon is due to the high tension of piano wire up to
> pitch, but that is just me repeating what I have heard "somewhere."  Is this
> response even close to being correct?  Any further clarification as to why
> this is would be much appreciated all the way around.
> Thanks,
> Alan Eder
> CalArts
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