summer sharpness in low tenor

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed Jul 16 22:05:48 MDT 2008


> I live in a piano-friendly climate (Northern California),
> so I don't see huge/frequent RH swings, but I might just
> turn on the AC next time I feel like trashing a tuning, so
> I can see if there is a pattern. Dave, it would make sense
> to me that the longer string is less affected (smaller
> percentage string stretch for a given bridge movement).
> Thanks for the comments,
> 
> Vladan

I think you'll find it is, in the first iteration. After it's 
been through 40 random cycles so you no longer know where it 
was, where it's been, or where it currently is or how long 
it's been there (like your average tuning), it gets somewhat 
less straightforward.
Ron N


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