I agree that the addition of CA cleans up a lot of the classic false beat... but I remain very unconvinced as to why. Couldnt resist doing my own experiment when I read the first post on this thread. I took three very badly beating strings on 30 year old Petrof that responded to the screwdriver pressure, loosened the string and removed the pins. First I put in very undersized new pins and tuned up again.... 2 of the three false beats got way cleaner... one came out perfectly clean... the third was about the same. Then I removed the strings again and with the undersized pins still in soaked the holes with CA... I mean I really soaked them suckers. I waited about 10 minutes and pulled the undersized pins which and reamed out the holes to their origional size. Then put back in the original pins. Replaced strings, tuned up and all three were clean as a whistle. Strikes me that the addition of CA is affecting the wood itself more then anything else. Cheers RicB Ah, yous guys is finally startin to listen, BUT, it will not cure all, BUT it sure makes the unison cleaner and much easier to work with in voicing. Strings can exhibit false beats when Bridge pins are loose, kinks in speaking length, rust pits in speaking length Notching faulty, waste end not muted, purpousful design of the manufacture to make the piano sound louder, speaking length has been stretched too far so that there are thin unequal segments, mouse rust spots, others? I'm sure there are.
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