Inharmonicity

[robert sadowski]

Dear list,
     A thought occurred to me concerning the practice of rescaling.  I know
the first reason to do so is that we are improving the piano.  Admittidly,
the early designers didn't have access to the tools we have now and would
have used them if they had.
I can't help comparing this to genetic engineering.  Are we possibly
changing the nature of the instrument that two hundred years of evolution
has brought us to?  Could it be that a certain amount of inharmonicity is
part of the charm of the piano?  I'll admit that a Kimball spinet doesn't
have a lot of charm and a lot of the other. I haven't seen this slant
brought up before.  I hope it generates some opinions.

Regards,

Bob Sadowski RPT
Erie, PA