Patrizio Barbieri posted a pdf of an article he published on inharmonicity (in English) http://www.patriziobarbieri.it/pdf/inharmonicity.pdf which opens with a decent explanation of the science (with lots of formulae), then goes into historical details. BTW, inharmonicity is lower in higher tension, higher in lower tension. It has more to do with thickness and stiffness versus flexibility. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu On Feb 5, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Zeno Wood wrote: > 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 >> ________________________________ >> Carnations mean admiration, Tulips mean love - what do Roses mean? >> Find out >> now! >
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