Hello Marshall I don't know if this is what's happening in your case, but beats like the ones you're describing often occur when using a muting strip in the tenor where the notes are widely spaced. Because of the wide spacing the muting strip doesn't exert enough pressure on the outside strings of the unisons to mute them completely, and so their vibration can bleed through and be heard. So you get two or more sets of beats happening. Cheers, Bert --- On Sat, 11/10/12, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> wrote: *** Speakig of hearing beats, do you guys ever get this odd encounter. You're listening to the f3 a3 third and hear the wa wa wa wa that you are supposed to hear, but on some pianos you hear a faint wa wa wa on top of it and have to discern which one you are needing to set the temperament with? I find ksome pianos worse than others, like the laughour pardon the spelling but had trouble reading the decal lol . *** Marshall 215-510-9400 http://www.phillytuner.com
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