Strike Tone not Yielding same beatspeed

[Richard Moody]

What is a "strike tone".   What is C5 supposed to do with the beat
rate of F2--Ab2?
Why C5?  Why  not C4 or C3?   Do these then produce differences from
C5?   ---ric


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Jorgensen <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:25 AM
Subject: Strike Tone not Yielding same beatspeed


| 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
|