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Originally Posted by Mandobart
There's two parts to calculating tension; string gage and pitch. Here's a classic example that I use all the time - octave pairs. On my Eastman 'cello I use octave pairs of strings on the C, G and D courses. So one of my D strings is .034. Its partner is .017 and is tuned one octave higher. Guess what the tension in each string is the same. You can't compare just string gages and know anything about the comparable tension.
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Graham MacDonald
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Mandobart, Would you not like to include vibrating string length (i.e. scale length) in what's needed to calculate string tension?
I can't figure out how to do it without using length, guage, and pitch. Maybe there's something I'm not understanding about how you find tension without factoring in the vibrating length of the string?