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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 rise of one octave, insofar as the wheights are twice the harmonic intervals to which one makes the string rise; now, the interval of the octave is 2 to 1, of which 4 to 1 is the square [...]
It is necessary to further add to the aforementioned weight the sixteenth part of the larger weight, or one forth of the smaller, to achieve a proper just chord.”
from Mersenne....
So he also added a coefficient, even though he does not explain why...
3. Mystery unveiled: Strings Do Stretch!! …but… not in the same way, not of the same cohefficient… it depends on how are made and, first of all, from their gauge We need to consider the many factors affecting our pure math calculations: the first is, of course, the string! A string which is low twisted and maybe
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4. Complications! Another thing affecting a lot our pure math is the arching of the bridge: of course low first (and fourth? ) need to be bigger than high third and second. So, scaling tension is required Plucked or bowed instrument: the big string offers more friction under the bow so someone may think a smaller string
Read MoreHow a set of strings was composed: keep it simple! With only 4 “gauges” of pure gut and two gauges of silver wire they could cover all the strings from violin to cello!
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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