<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> <DIV>There's also the chance of damaging the terminations either at the bridge end with pressure down on the string, or at the capo/agraffe end by raising the string (the same argument I have with string hooks close to the termination). </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 02/23/07 00:39:39 Central Standard Time, ricb@pianostemmer.no writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <STYLE type=text/css> .aolmailheader {font-size:8pt; color:black; font-family:Arial} a.aolmailheader:link {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:visited {color:magenta; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:active {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:hover {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} </STYLE> Yes I have used it.  No I do not think it really works at all.  In fact <BR>I think this tool is more likely to exasperate a problem. You may get <BR>the feeling of some slight improvement for very short term on some <BR>notes, but IME the term is so short that by the time you finish a tuning <BR>if you go back and check the same string its just as wavery as it was to <BR>begin with. <BR><BR>Cheers <BR>RicB <BR><BR><BR><BR>   Has anyone out there ever used the false beat eliminator, and if so, <BR>   does  it <BR>   really work? <BR>    <BR>   Jesse Gitnik <BR>   NYC <BR>   In it since 1980 <BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>