<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 16, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Keith Roberts wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">There is also the possibility that it is the wire itself.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>There is also the possibility that the false beats could be caused by the bridge depressions caused by the wire. I've had a few unisons that would only get worse and worse with normal string seating techniques, and I've attributed it to creating too deep of a depression at the point where the string makes termination with both the bridge and bridge pin.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I think Susan's and Fred's comments about voicing might be more relevant than false beats. I have a theory that different ears hear different frequencies more prominently, and what might not stand out to my ears might jump out to someone else's, and vice versa. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Also, what he's hearing from the keyboard will differ greatly from what the audience is hearing. I think a lot of artist's don't realize just how much different it is. By inserting the mutes, he may be doing his audience a great disservice.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>