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1. The Problem
Let's get started: the factors involved and their relationship:
In our equation we have so many fixed factors, that we end just with a very simple equation: (at a given pitch and string length) gauge=tension*(under squared root and multiplied for a coefficient for gut’s mass).
If we change one of them, the other follows (to maintain the same pitch).
What do we mean by equal feel, equal tension and scaling tension?
There are many factors, in a violin, which interfere with the results of our maths:
2. The Experiment …as they admit also in the treatises, pure math does not work! “If the strings have the same thickness and length and one produces a low note, which is a C, when it is stretched with a weight of 1 pound, the other must be stretched with 4 pounds to make it
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2. The Experiment …as they admit also in the treatises, pure math does not work! “If the strings have the same thickness and length and one produces a low note, which is a C, when it is stretched with a weight of 1 pound, the other must be stretched with 4 pounds to make it
Read MoreThe breaking index rule. The most important rule you cannot escape from (as far as you are voted to gut strings): at a given string length, a string of a given material, will always break at the same pitch, no matter how big it is.Mindblowing or intuitive? Probably both of them.Looking forward to your comments
Read Morefrom Fomrhi Quarterly Bulletin I collected in two pdf files most of the articles appeared in the Fomrhi Quarterly Bulletin related to strings from 1990 up to 2018. I thought that you might appreciate them. If you do, please consider subscribing to them at the link below. It’s worth every pound (and it is really just
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