I wrote inre false beats in cheap pianos: > I think they are chiefly caused by poor quality chipping at the factory. > The "strong-armed lad" chipping 20 pianos a day can often be expected to > overshoot the pitch of the string. NOt enough to break it, but enough to > distort it. Bill asked: >Is this why the cheap Aeolian products --e.g., Henry F. Miller etc-- sound so >wild even after the best tuning one can muster? It is likely. I have replaced strings in these low-end pianos, and was gratified to find that the replacement sounded a lot better. Regards, Ed Foote
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