Hi Jim. I do admit that I never actually tried to induce a false beat... by any means. I've always fought against them. In several months, I'll be doing a complete rebuild on a grand that I own and will be reselling. (This is the only way I'll rebuild from now on. No more rebuilding by committee. No "Can you make it just a shade darker?" after the last hand-rubbing. No more "genllemen's agreements" only to find that the rules change in the middle of the game. From now on, I make ALL choices, set MY OWN time frame, and then seek out the correct customer to match the completed piano. OOOPS... I think I may have just started another controversial thread. Sorry.) I'll test the twist theory then with various wire sizes. Not to be a pain in the neck, but even if I can't generate false beats, I think I'll still avoid twisting. Tony made an interesting point about twists possibly altering the wire's elasticity. (Tony, sorry I dragged you into this again after you came to my rescue.) Perhaps I've been doing the right thing after all, but for the wrong reason. Tradition can preserve hidden wisdom. Maybe we need to be cautious before we discard a long time practice, even if the effects aren't obvious. There may be consequences we haven't thought of. And once knowledge of a tradition is lost, it's..... well..... it's just gone. (Maybe forever.) -Joe
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