Hi Bill, The accepted lower limit for hearing is 20 hertz--so I suspect that anything lower would be perceived as beating. A0 is ~27 hertz--but with a frequency wave length of ~26 feet it may rarely exist. At 01:10 PM 3/20/2006 -0500, you wrote: >On Mar 20, 2006, at 10:09 AM, >Then does anybody know the point at which a series of pulses turns into a >tone? 10 Hz, 15Hz? Is the point which beat rate is too fast to be unusable >for us aural tuners any higher than 12 bps? > Bill Ballard >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 3/17/2006 Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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