Helmholtz's "On the Sensations of Tone" is an excellent reference for the basic physics of sound. Instruments in which constant energy is applied do not have inharmonicity (wind instruments, pipe organs, bowed instruments). I do not have direct experience. --Cy-- On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Crane, Alan wrote: > There used to be an "old wives tale" (?) that inharmonicity in piano > strings disappeared when they were bowed. > Accompanying this was the assumption that there is no inharmonicity > in the bowed strings of the viols. > I probably shouldn't mention it, not having taken the trouble to do > any research. > Anyone have any direct experience with this alleged phenomenon? > > > Regards, > > Alan B. Crane, RPT > School of Music > Wichita State University > alan.crane at wichita.edu > > > > > > Cy Shuster, RPT Registered Piano Technician www.shusterpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090205/98f5f3c8/attachment.html>
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