reverberation off of hard surfaces, not unlike false beats

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

This is one of the most miserable things that can happen to a good piano.  
I tuned one yesterday that is in a chapel/recital hall.  The arched plaster ceiling above the stage has just been restored.  Clap once and the hall gives you a round of applause. 
The beat rate will be the same from note to note, so eventually you learn to ignore it. 
I'm glad I got to hear the piano before it was moved to that stage.

Ed S.

-----Original Message-----
>From: piannaman at aol.com
>Sent: Feb 21, 2007 10:40 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: reverberation off of hard surfaces, not unlike false beats
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>Yesterday evening, I was tuning in a cavernous mansion with marble tiled floors, cathedral ceilings, and no carpets, pictures or tapestries to baffle the sound.  Going through the upper two octaves, it was extremely hard to differentiate between beating and echoing.  Then there was the "thwack" of the hammers that bounced all over creation, not to mention the notes that really did have "false" beats.
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>Thank goodness for my Hearos earplugs!
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>Dave Stahl
>
>Dave Stahl Piano Service
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