At 11:02 PM 03/31/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Newton: > > Given one note location and speaking length every wire size will > > break at the same pitch when drawn up that high. > > >This is not true, but you can be excused Newton since even Grant O'Brien >made that mistake in his book about Ruckers harpsichords, and, in any >case, modern piano techs are not so used to wires being up near breaking >point like on old pianos. Thicker wire will break at a lower pitch. How >Stephen I saw a demo long ago where different diameters of wire all broke when brought to 440 at a 2' length. This is as accurate as any of my other feeble memories. So I can emphatically state that I am kinda pretty sure I think that is what it was. I think, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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