False beats Mystery

[Jon Page]

Fans produce an effect similar to Leslie cabinet organ speakers. Customers
always looks sideways at me when I ask them to turn the fan off while I tune.
Even a ceiling fan at the rear of the hall will distort things.
Always fun, good call Jim,
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 11:24 AM 5/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Warren;
> You are suffering from a severe case of "fanitis".  This malady happens when
>a ceiling fan is in operation while you are tuning.  The fan does 'not' have
>to be in the same room as you are tuning in.  The only requirement for this
>infecting your tuning is that there be a line of sight between the piano and
>the fan.
>  Prescription------turn off the fan!
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>
>

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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