Pure Tone Strings

[Newton Hunt]

Gee, Jon, I hope you didn't strain yourself or gotten a hernia from
such activities.  Me, if it hurts I don't do it.

		Newton

Jon Page wrote:
> 
> 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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