OK. Yes, you could compensate for the higher frequency by using lighter-gauged strings. The lighter gauge would result in less mass per unit length, which would produce a higher pitch at the same tension and length. To negate the 8% increase in tension would require an 8% decrease in corssectional area of the string (for bare steel strings). This would require about a 4% reduction in diameter. So a .030" dia. string would have to be reduced to .029, or about 1/2 a music wire size. Not too bad. I wonder what it would do to the timbre though. Don A. Gilmore Mechanical Engineer Kansas City > I meant that useing strings of different diameter, and / or different > material can effect the tension for any given frequency.... so you can > adjust the overall tension of a scale for same frequency and string > lengths if you want.. > > yes ?? > > Cheers > RicB > > Don A. Gilmore wrote: > > > > >>>12 lbs. Multiplied by, say, 215 strings, this amounts to 2600 lbs more > >>>compression on the harp! No thank you! > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >>Depends on the strings used ... eh ? > >> > >> > > > >Nope. When you tune a string you don't change the speaking length, nor do > >you change the mass per unit length of the string--only the tension. The > >tension for a given string is directly proportional to the square of the > >frequency, regardless of string construction and regardless of pitch. > > > >Don A. Gilmore > >Mechanical Engineer > >Kansas City > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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