One explanation: Frequency of wire, and the subdivided wire, is related to: Tension, length, and thickness. This ratio, relating to thickness (and stiffness) particularly, changes when the wire subdivides... Consequently, the partials are sharper. Inharmonicity also kills vibration. One study suggests that after the 32 nd harmonic, resonance is overcome by damping, causing the wire to loose energy. Dan Dallas On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:33 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! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1658 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090205/7c78a05f/attachment.bin>
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