False, false beats?

[Greg Newell]

Doug,
    Turn off the ceiling fan!

Greg

Douglasmahard@AOL.COM wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A Wurlitzer 5' grand I've been tuning for a while gave me something new to
> think about.  I heard several notes with false beats that I had never heard
> before.  Seating the offending wires did nothing to help.  I did notice that
> when I played the notes standing up with my body to the curved side of the
> piano and head under the lid the beats were greatly diminished if not
> completely gone.  Going around to the other side of the piano the beats got
> worse.
>
> I'm am clueless as to what may be causing this.  The piano is in the same
> postion it has always been.
>
> Anyone ever encounter something like this?
>
> Doug Mahard