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Indeed, if one tuned a piano like the article describes it wouldn't sound good. As far as I undesrtand it has to do with the thickness (i.e. the real world phy
by naringas 8y ago
Indeed, if one tuned a piano like the article describes it wouldn't sound good.
As far as I undesrtand it has to do with the thickness (i.e. the real world physicallity) of the lower octave strings.
The strings are not trully one-dimensional. this makes their timbre deviate from the ideal harmonic series. This is specially true for the thicker strings of the lower notes.
If we could make a piano using very thin strings we could get away with a less stretched tuning.
- radiowave 8y agoMaking the strings (and therefore the piano) longer helps, hence the size of concert grand pianos.
- richardhod 8y agoIndeed it's generally true for thicker strings at all pitches, though perhaps more so for lower ones for this case. The longer the strings, the better the sound in general, too, for related stiffness-timbre reasons. Even a tall upright you can tell can sound better than any short upright, and Grand pianos take this to greater extremes of length.