Hmmm. Very interesting. I have a major fog bank residing in my brain now so the math approach eludes me. Stephen you want to work the numbers? Newton A440A@AOL.COM wrote: > > >Newton writes > > > Given one note location and speaking length every wire size will > >> break at the same pitch when drawn up that high. > > Greetings, > Don Galt, many years ago, posited that a piano string will break when it > is raised up a minor third. I have found this to be true of all plain wire > strings I have tried it on. > Regards, > Ed Foote RPT
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