High or Low

[Avery Todd]

Terry,

Probably really easy to do IF you know how to do it!!!!!!! :-)

Avery

At 10:40 PM 07/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
>If I understand correctly, you wish to be able to determine the tension on 
>strings in a piano? Just measure the diameter of the string, measure the 
>speaking length, measure the pitch, and calculate the tension.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:36 PM
>Subject: High or Low
>
>
>Thank you Thomas, David, Cy,& Del for your answers.
>     My reason for asking is that recently I have been hearing from our 
> local Steinway dealer about the low tension scales on Steinway grands and 
> the higher tension scales on Yamaha's.  I have believed in the past that 
> Steinways had higher tension scales and that was a big reason why they 
> are loud pianos and strong in power as compared to Yamahas which seem to 
> have a sweeter, more airy sound.  Likewise the European pianos.  I always 
> associated low tension with this airy, sweet sound.  It appears that I 
> may have been wrong in having this opinion.  I was thinking there was 
> some way to empirically gather info on the amount of inharmonicity a 
> group of selected notes on the piano would have and interpolate from 
> there where the tension would be.  I guess it is not as simple as 
> that.  This, however, also clouds the air as there is no way to tell 
> individually the overall tension on a scale by just taking some 
> inharmonmicity readings..  I guess there is no way to uncloud claims of dea!
>lers or manufacturers.
>
>Thank you for your help.
>Jim
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