Originally Posted by mechBgon
Note that musical pitch in absolute terms isn't a good way of measuring tension. The same tension will produce a higher pitch on a thinner spoke, and will produce a higher pitch on a spoke made of a lighter material (titanium being the chief example).
--- Yes, that makes sense. So I searched out John Allen's web page entitled "CHECK SPOKE TENSION BY EAR" and he expands on his technique of using musical pitch to measure spoke tension:
www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/tension.htm#pitchtable
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