Dear Boaz- Perhaps you would share some of your painfully learned Steinway vertical knowledge? How do they manage to get so many false beats in such a little space? Last week I tuned the most sadistic piano I know, a 4 year old 45 vertical. I'm the sixth technician to take it on, and the only one masochistic enough to come back. At least 2/3s of the treble strings are false beaters. Not 2/3s of the unisons, 2/3s of the strings. Tapping at the bridge does not help. What do they do to make these strings do this? I am considering proposing to restring the top 2 sections, but hesitate because I'm not sure it will make any difference. Is there something odd in the way they string these pianos, somehow twisting the strings? The bass strings are also starting to beat. Any thoughts you have would be most appreciated. Ditto evereybody else. Thank you. Ed Sutton
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