<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV>Could we add to the list of causes of false beats the hight of the = bridge pin above the string?</DIV> <DIV>A taller flag pole sways easier than a short one.</DIV> <DIV>??What is the relationship between the size of the wire and cause = of false beats??</DIV> <DIV>It seems to me that 90% of false strings are from C6 up/</DIV> <DIV>Did a spinet yesterday with CA. Still some falsies but none too = wild to tame with sympathetic vibration of the other two strings.</DIV> <DIV>I did also have to rub the rust off of three individual strings to = calm them down as well.</DIV> <DIV>That is when I noticed the overly tall bridge pins. As the action = was now back in the piano I did not do a tap dance on them <g></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px"> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>