[CAUT] False Beats and George Winston

[Ron Nossaman]

> Hi Ron,
> Do you think there is an audible effect in the lower half of the scale? 
> If so, how would you describe it? Power loss due to lack of focus?
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm


Hi Fred,
I'm not so sure it's even detectable at all down there, at 
least I haven't been able to find it. Have you noticed that 
when folks find an objectionable noise in the bass or low 
tenor, they immediately seat the strings (or pins), then 
report that it didn't fix the problem? I'd say it's because 
that ain't it. The resonant frequency of the flagpoling pins 
is higher, if the pins are bigger, as the driving frequencies 
of the strings get lower, therefor further away from that of 
the pins. To get an audible beat, the frequencies have to be 
pretty close together at a reasonably low numbered partial of 
the string. I don't know. Maybe we *can* hear a loose pin 
induced false beat in the 23rd partial of C-2 and just don't 
recognize it amongst all the other garbage.

Ron N