Rich,
> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but it sounds like you are saying that the third
> harmonic and the third octave are the same thing. I thought that the third
> harmonic sounded the twelfth (kan no chi pitch, or second octave A on a D
> flute). Isn't every octave above the fundamental an even numbered harmonic?
I should work on be clearer. My point was that most everything that can be
done to improve third octave will weaken the second--no free lunch. Third
octave will never top second in a absolute sense, only in a relative sense.
Nelson
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