Strike Tone not Yielding same beatspeed

[Kent Swafford]

On 5/29/01 7:25 AM, "Michael Jorgensen" <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>    Steinway B,  F2-A flat 2 minor third tested using C5 as strike tone
> yields a significantly faster beat speed than listening to the beatspeed
> by playing the minor third by itself.  This happens with single strings
> or when testing the whole unison.
>    What is the reason???  F2 is the lowest plain string with weird
> inharmonicity perhaps?  How can the strike tone clearly yield a
> different beatspeed?  Perhaps Virgil Smith has an answer??
> -Mike Jorgensen

What would the beat rate have been had you used D#5 as a strike tone?
Perhaps the 7:6 coincidence was weirdly predominating over the 6:5
coincidence when the F2-G#2 minor third was played?

Kent Swafford