>From what I understand from the Reblitz book, aren't >false beats caused by improper seating or notching at >the bridge pins? I think this would seem to have the >effect of slightly changing the string length as it's >vibrating cause the string makes contact with the >bridge AND pin then with the pin only or with the far >side of the pin (away from speaking length) or the >close side of the pin.... Correct me if I'm wrong... Most of what we term false beats happens in the area from the high tenor up. As many lousy looking notches as I've seen that didn't produce false beats, I wouldn't list that as a primary likelihood. It's nearly always loose bridge pins. Ron N
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