Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 1999/01

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Intonation training
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:56:56 -0500

On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, David Renaud wrote:

> Look up "inharmonicity" in any Piano Technicians manuel.

Inharmonicity in the piano is a well-known and necessary characteristic.
However, this is due to the physics of the string itself. When the
vibrating medium is an air column, those physical principles would not
apply. I believe it is accurate to say that acousticians who question
whether it is possible to have inharmonic partials in a wind instrument
readily acknowledge the phenomenon in the piano.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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