Because the inharmonicity is so high and out of sync with the rest of the scale. The unison problem is because the tension and bp% is so low that the frequencies are unfocussed. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com 415.407.8320 paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote: >That impossible to tune as a unison/octave has been my experience as well. >But why is it impossible? (Loaded question, I'm sure!) > >Thanks, >Paul Bruesch >Stillwater, MN > > >On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net>wrote: > > >> The original scale of note 27 was 88 pounds tension and 17% breaking >> strength! That note was, virtually impossible to tune as a unison or to any >> octaves! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121217/cbe8fe41/attachment.htm>
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