<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Rude Question was False Beats ...</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Alan Barnard wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE>Have I just been too sheltered, or‹r= ude question‹are false beats just part of the territory, the imperfect scien= ce of piano building and the many compromises we put up with. Yes. Part of the territory---but you can minimize them in rebuilding, and m= inimize them further w/ good tuning and voicing.  I can say that after = working on 25,000-plus pianos, I've never heard one without some false beats= . </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>I am in my bunker, flak jacket and= helmet in place. Fire away!             &n= bsp;      >>No need to be, unless you li= ke it in there...... David Andersen </BODY> </HTML>