Klarinet Archive - Posting 000000.txt from 1997/06

From: Stephen Froehlich <shorthnd@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Pitch of tuning notes
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 08:56:58 -0400

On Sat, 31 May 1997, Jonathan Cohler wrote:

> So for example, if one plays a high concert E (frequency 1320 Hz) and a
> high concert C# (frequency 1100 Hz), one will also hear the note:
>
> 1320 - 1100 = 220 Hz
>
> or the A an octave below A 440.
>
> If the ear were perfectly linear, this would not be the case.

Linear in what sense? I thought interference was a perfectly
linear process.

Thanks,
Stephen Froehlich