> From: "robert sadowski" <rls@ncinter.net> > To: "PTG" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Theoretical question > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 08:22:13 -0400 > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org Hey guys just lift the lid up and down rapidly and you've got the same effect. David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA > Paul, > I've spent many years in bands and realized that the basically principles > of guitar strings making waves are basically the same as pianos but the > results are different. > I may be going out on a limb here but the guitar is using much smaller > gauge wire to produce the same pitches as a piano. I don't believe the > overtones are as much a factor. I've experimented with guitars and have > noticed that beats produced by stretched fourths and fifths on guitars are > far less noticable even when beating rapidly. These beat rates could not > be tolerated on a piano. In the guitars case I don't think the whammy bar > really returns the strings exactly to their original position but our ears > can tolerate the difference in pitch left behind after the bar is returned, > especially in a group situation. I think you would find that any > experimental device like this on a piano would quickly render our fine > tuning jobs very painful to listen to. I'd like to hear from the list > about any experiments in the history of the industry attempting to make > pianos more stable tuning wise. > > Bob Sadowski RPT > Erie,PA. > >
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