termination and inharmonicity ?

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Radius Ric,
Does this hold true for bass strings as well? Or how  does one change the
inharmonicity of a bass string?
On the level
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: termination and inharmonicity ?


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> > From: Richard Brekne >
> >
> > The sharper and thiner the front termination point the lower the
> inharmonicity,
> > and the rounder and wider the termination point the more. This
> due to the fact
> > that the thin and sharp allow for more flexing about the
> termination point, with
> > more bending attributed to the wide and round...
>
> As long as the wire wasn't yanked up to "level" it,  thereby
> destroying the elastic curve around the "termination point".  Easy
> to "imagine" the inharmonicity being screwed up if that happened.
> So whether it (wire) "flexes" more on "the thin and
> sharp",(termination)  or "bends" more with the "wide and round"
> I don't see how this affects inharmonicity.  Experiments could be
> done.
>   So far I haven't seen inharmonicity formulas that consider
> termination
> radius. ---ric
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