[pianotech] Hearing Beats [was: dismantling old pianos]

[paul bruesch]

My thought was that perhaps instead of hearing the 4:5 coincident partial
that he may be hearing another, higher coincident partial.
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Albert Picknell <pnrfqsnrk at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> 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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