Lurked your message, and curious what M.I.T says. The others I'm familiar with. Carl / Winnipeg Alan Forsyth wrote: > >Is there any truth to the old belief that bringing pitch up in small > stages, > >over time, helps to prevent false beats? > > Yes indeed, I have detected false beats becoming apparent when pitch > raising, mind you quite severe pitch raises - 200 cents. The likely cause is > the kinks in the string (formed after years of being in contact with the > bridge pins) being pulled through to the speaking length. The kinks take > quite a while to straighten out but I have found that an immediate pitch > raise to concert pitch is more beneficial than a few false beats here and > there. > > Regards > Alan Forsyth , FWIW, BTW, IMHO, MIT. > Edinburgh > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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